The Free Coinage is a gold and silver mine located in Boulder county, Colorado.
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Mine Info
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Free Coinage MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Free Coinage
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Boulder
District: Sunset
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1916
Time Period: 1911-1916
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL $50,000
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LEAD-SILVER ORE IN VEIN OCCUPYING 50 FT. WIDE FAULT ZONE BETWEEN SCHIST AND TRACHYTE DIKE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PG 212, PL 3 (N)
Reference (Deposit): WORCESTER, 1921, COLO. GEOL. SUR. BULL 21, PL. 1.
Reference (Deposit): BLM COLO. CONNECTING SHEETS
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62
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