Cold Springs Group (Times Tunnel; Hoodoo; Horsefal; Haddock; Crown; King; Wolf Tongue; Red Cloud), Gold Hill Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 3' 52'' North , 105° 23' 53'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Gold Hill | 230 (2011) | 1.0km |
Sunshine | 230 (2011) | 2.7km |
Crisman | 186 (2011) | 4.1km |
Mountain Meadows | 274 (2011) | 4.7km |
Sugarloaf | 261 (2011) | 5.3km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
---|---|---|
Flatirons Mineral Club | Boulder, Colorado | 12km |
Mile High Rock and Mineral Society | Arvada, Colorado | 39km |
Colorado Mineral Society | Lakewood, Colorado | 48km |
Mindat Locality ID:
109946
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:109946:4
GUID (UUID V4):
4ca0f819-cd9a-47a0-9bf0-b9349d5e5030
REF:Deposit:: USGS GOLD HILL MINING AREA, 1938, ADVANCE SHEET, 1:12000.
Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62
Deposit:: REF. MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLO. BY VANDERWILT P 320
Deposit:: REF USGS PROF PAPER 223 PLATE 3
Commodities (Major) - Gold
Development Status: Occurrence
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
12 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Altaite Formula: PbTe |
ⓘ Calaverite Formula: AuTe2 |
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au |
ⓘ Petzite Formula: Ag3AuTe2 |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Rickardite Formula: Cu7Te5 |
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
ⓘ Sylvanite Formula: AgAuTe4 |
ⓘ Weissite ? Formula: Cu2-xTe |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
---|---|---|---|
ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Rickardite | 2.BA.30 | Cu7Te5 |
ⓘ | Weissite ? | 2.BA.30 | Cu2-xTe |
ⓘ | Petzite | 2.BA.75 | Ag3AuTe2 |
ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Altaite | 2.CD.10 | PbTe |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
ⓘ | Sylvanite | 2.EA.05 | AgAuTe4 |
ⓘ | Calaverite | 2.EA.10 | AuTe2 |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
---|---|---|
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | ⓘ Rickardite | Cu7Te5 |
Cu | ⓘ Weissite | Cu2-xTe |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Ag | Silver | |
Ag | ⓘ Petzite | Ag3AuTe2 |
Ag | ⓘ Sylvanite | AgAuTe4 |
Te | Tellurium | |
Te | ⓘ Altaite | PbTe |
Te | ⓘ Calaverite | AuTe2 |
Te | ⓘ Petzite | Ag3AuTe2 |
Te | ⓘ Rickardite | Cu7Te5 |
Te | ⓘ Sylvanite | AgAuTe4 |
Te | ⓘ Weissite | Cu2-xTe |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Calaverite | AuTe2 |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Au | ⓘ Petzite | Ag3AuTe2 |
Au | ⓘ Sylvanite | AgAuTe4 |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Altaite | PbTe |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Rocky MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Great Plains DomainDomain
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