Cold Spring and Red Cloud, Gold Hill District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 40° 3' 59'' North , 105° 17' 33'' West |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 40.06639,-105.29250 |
| Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate |
REF:Deposit:: LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS P.P. 223, PG. 254.
Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62
Commodities (Major) - Gold
Deposit Type: Vein
Development Status: Producer
Host Rock: Granite
Commodity List
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15 valid minerals.
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This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Holocene - Pleistocene 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 2214951 | Landslide Deposits Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Description: Slumps, rock falls, and earthflows that range from active to inactive. Material in the deposits ranges in size from clay and silt to blocks several feet in diameter (near outcrops of the Fountain Formation and Dakota Group) Reference: Colton, Roger B. Geologic Map of the Boulder-Fort Collins-Greeley area, Colorado . U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series I-855-G. [37] |
| Late Cretaceous - Early Cretaceous 66 - 145 Ma ID: 2810825 | Colorado Group Age: Cretaceous (66 - 145 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Colorado Group Description: Consists of Niobrara Formation (Kn) and either Benton Shale or Carlile, Greenhorn, and Graneros Fms (Kcg) Lithology: Major:{shale,limestone} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
| Triassic 201.3 - 252.17 Ma ID: 3191821 | Mesozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Triassic (201.3 - 252.17 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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Cold Spring and Red Cloud, Gold Hill District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA