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Gold from
Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Limonite5 photos of Gold associated with Limonite at this locality.
Calcite2 photos of Gold associated with Calcite at this locality.
Shale2 photos of Gold associated with Shale at this locality.
Quartzⓘ2 photos of Gold associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (25 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5706
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5706:6
GUID (UUID V4):86c29b53-cf9e-4eb0-87e0-5e98f50b1e2a
Localities for Gold in this Region
Blue River Placers, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Railroad tunnel, Dunkin; Juniata; Puzzle; Ouray; Gold Dust; Washington, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
American Gulch placers, Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Gold Flake Mine, Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Ontario-Key West-Boss-Gold Flake-Fair Fountain-Bondholder Mine group, Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Wapih Mine (Wapiti Claims), Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Wire Patch Mine, Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Elephant Tunnel, Wire Patch Mine, Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Galena Gulch placers, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Georgia Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Gibson Gulch Placers, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Hamilton, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Hellen Mine, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
I.X.L. (Royal Tiger; Cashier), Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Jessie Mine (B and B Mines Inc), Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Jumbo Occurrence, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Juventa Occurrence (Juventa Mine Shaft; McLeod Tunnel), Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Minnesota (McBarnes; Bevan), Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Wellington Mine (Siam Tunnel; Old Oro Tunnel; Mill Tunnel; Liberty Tunnel; Extenuate Tunnel; Wellington Tunnel; Abundance Tunnel; New Tunnel; Oro Shaft), Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COLORADO e Gold Hill 0 DENVER Wulfenite Occurrences in Colorado Leadville 0 1 Tincup 03 . 4 Lake...Box 586 Ouray, Colorado 81427 CONNOISSEURS OF WULFENITE probably do not think of Colorado as a noteworthy...deposits throughout the state. A good portion of the Colorado wulfenite localities do not compare with those...last twenty-five years either as a result of new mining operations or as new discoveries in abandoned mines...following descriptions of wulfenite localities in Colorado have been compiled from U.S. Geological Survey
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BRECKENRIDGE MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO BY T. S. LOVERING UNITED STATES...-----Location and topography _______________ History of mining..__-._..-_-..----..__ General geology___...__-_--_--_..._ Criteria of enrichment in the Breckenriclge district......__._.._-._-..._.__.___-_._ Enrichment of...ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE 1. Map of part of the Breckenridge district, Colorado, showing some of the principal mine...In pocket 2. Geologic map of part of the Breckenridge district._____-__--__--_---_____________--_--------_____-__
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The Geological Story of the Blue River Valley, Colorado, and Its Surrounding Mountains Circular 1400...The Geological Story of the Blue River Valley, Colorado, and Its Surrounding Mountains By Karl S. Kellogg...mines—The geological story of the Blue River valley, Colorado, and its surrounding mountains: U.S. Geological...the geological story of the Blue River Valley, colorado, and its surrounding mountains / by Karl S. Kellogg...978-1-4113-3966-8 (pbk.) 1. Geology--Colorado--Blue River Valley. 2. Mountains--Colorado. I. Bryant, Bruce, 1930-
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Place Tucson, AZ 85741 ‘ Continued on page 111 Gold! Introduction G old notes from the e d i t o r ...Birch 5 California The history of crystallized gold in C a lif o r n ia ................ 33 by W. C... A llgood & J. Pradenas Colorado Fam ous m ineral localities: Breckenridge, C olorado . . . 51 by E...otable gold occurrences of G eorgia & A labam a . . . . 65 by R. B. C ook N o rth C arolina gold ........hat's new in gold? Venezuelan gold (by W. E. W ilson) .......................... 89 A rizona gold (by W. E
Report (issue)
Geologic Map of the Dillon Quadrangle, Summit and Grand Counties, Colorado By Kari S. Kellogg1 Open-File Report... Geologic Map of the Dillon Quadrangle, Summit and Grand Counties, Colorado By Karl S. Kellogg This database...known as the Buffalo Placers, was first mined for gold by hydraulic methods in the 1870s and 1880s; it...valley margins and tributaries of Blue River near Breckenridge, approximately 7-10 km south of quadrangle (Ransome...The total thickness of the Dakota Group in the Breckenridge area, about 10 km south of quadrangle, is 52-69
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
International University] at 22:16 23 December 2014 Gold mining is not romantic, it is dirty, and it is very...played out on a daily basis in opening the Colorado mining frontier, however, are very much the stuff...generation had seen an Colorado showing the Colorado mineral belt and the location of the mining districts discussed...for several generations. That word of Pikes Peak gold began to circulate, a quick and easy story, with...scope of this mining economy. There simply was no other ecoThe initial Front Range-area gold discoveries
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of COLORADO ED RAINES Geology Museum Colorado School of Mines 1310 Maple Street Golden, Colorado 80401...Figure 1. Camp Bird mine, level 2, Sneffels district, Ouray County. Raines-Pettem collection, photographer...photographer unknown. B etween 1868 and 1922, Colorado produced almost 260 million pounds of copper. Nearly 100...from the Leadville district, with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926).... During the twentieth century, the Gilman district surpassed Leadville in total copper production with
Report (volume)
Tenmile Range, Summit County Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado State Metal...Metal Mining Fund Board BULLETIN 1162-D A Geology of the Northern Part of the Tenmile Range, Summit...Summit County Colorado By MAX H. BERGENDAHL CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...1162-D Prepared in cooperation with the Colorado State Metal Mining Fund Board STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TENMILE RANGE, SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO BY MAX H. BERGENDAHL ABSTRACT The Tenmile
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Locatable Mineral Reports for Colorado, South Dakota, and Wyoming provided to the U.S.............................................. 1 COLORADO ................................................Complete citations are provided on the figures.] COLORADO Gunnison and White River National Forests Mountain...Coronado Groups (USGS, 1997a)......... 46-49 Part of Colorado Springs - Castle Rock area (Trimble and Machette......... 50 Geologic map of the St. Peters Dome district (Steven, 1949) ..................... 51 SOUTH
Journal (issue)
- - - - - - - - - - - Mineral Collections 1n Colorado A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record November-December..."Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008; Dorris Family collection;...certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This special...Collecting in Colorado The Collections: Mel & Pam Bersch Ryan Bowling Ralph Clark Colorado School of Mines...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Leadville I°x2° quadrangle, Colorado: a pre-assessment by Alan R. Wallace , Steve...standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Denver, Colorado -Menlo Park, California CONTENTS Page Preface............ 18 19 20 TABLES Table 1. 2. 3. 4. Mining districts in the Leadville quadrangle................................. Base- and precious-metal mining areas......................... 4 11 16 17 PREFACE...the Leadville I°x2° quadrangle in west-central Colorado under the Conterminous United States Mineral Resource
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Locatable Mineral Reports for Colorado, South Dakota, and Wyoming provided to the U.S.............................................. 1 COLORADO ................................................San Isabel and White River National Forests Lake County Land Exchange Offer (Iocmin40) ......................... 47 White River National Forest Dillon District Land Exchange Joint Venture (Iocmin38) ......................... 138 FIGURES OR ATTACHMENTS COLORADO Pike National Forests Shepard and Associates Land
Report (issue)
218pp., 1905. Economic geology of the Bingham mining district, Utah, by J. M. Boutwell, with a section on...geology and ore deposits of the Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho, by F. L. Ransome and F. C. Calkins, 203...Georgetown quadrangle (together with the Empire district), Colo., by J. E. Spurr and G. H. Garrey, with...Butte district, Mont., by W. H. Weed, 262 pp., 1912. Geology and ore deposits of the Breckenridge district...1911. Geology and ore deposits of the Park City district, Utah, by J. M. Boutwell, with contributions byL
Report (volume)
Forest and the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Forest and the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado By MARGO I. TOTH, ANNA B....Forest and the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado / by Margo I. Toth ... [et...mineral resources Colorado White River National Forest. 2. Mines and mineral resources Colorado Arapaho National...National Forest. 3. Geology Colorado White River National Forest. 4. Geology Colorado Arapaho National Forest
Report (issue)
of Igneous Rocks in the South Park-Breckenridge Region, Colorado, and their Relation to the Tectonic...Fission-Track Dating of the Climax and Gold Meadows Stocks, Nye County, Nevada By C. W. NAESER and FLORIAN...of igneous rocks in the South Park-Breckenridge region, Colorado, and their relation to the tectonic...Fission-track dating of the Climax and Gold Meadows stocks, Nye County, Nevada, by C. W. Naeser and Florian...during an episode of mineralization that produced gold-silver deposits in the area. Burwash, Baadsgaard
Report (issue)
Survey Denver, Colorado Department of Geology, Denver Museum of Natural History Denver, Colorado NOTE FOR...revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel By Donley...Prepared in cooperation with Friends of Mineralogy - Colorado Chaptar, and the Denver Museum of Natural History...references dealing with the mineralogy of the state of Colorado. It is part of a more than 10 year effort to update...and revise U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado: A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel (1961).
Report (volume)
Ore Deposits of the Upper Blue River Area Summit County Colorado • By QUENTIN D. SINGEWALD . GEOLOGICAL...cooperation with the Colorado Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund UNITED STATES...faults ____________ _ Major faults north of Breckenridge ___________ ,_______________ _ Transverse heli...and sections of the upper Blue River area, Summit County, Colo ______________________________ In pocket...Diagrammatic sketch of area between Alma and Breckenridge, showing alternative possible location of the
Report (issue)
Geology in the Leadville 30-Minute Quadrangle, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 726-C...Geology in the Leadville 30-Minute Quadrangle, Colorado By OGDEN TWETO and J. E. CASE GEOPHYSICAL FIELD...geophysical data on the most productive part of the Colorado mineral belt UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...of the Leadville 30-minute quadrangle, central Colorado.... -----------------------------------------...____________ ln pocket FIGURE 1. Index map of Colorado __________________________________________________
Report (issue)
Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology 1983 by Atnerican Geological Institute Colorado Geological Survey...Resources Denver, Colorado I 1987 Information Series 21 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OF COLORADO GEOLOGY 1983...Geological Institute Colorado Geological Survey Department of Natural Resources Denver, Colorado 1987 The Colorado...opportunity employer. ii BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OF COLORADO GEOLOGY SERIALS LIST AAPG Bullett n. [Tulsa... New York, NY: Society of Mining Engineers of American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum
Report (issue)
GEOCHEMICAL MAPPING OF TWO PORPHYRY-METAL SYSTEMS IN COLORADO By G. J. Neuerburg, H. N, Barton, J. R. Watterson...and E. P. Welsch U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225 Open-File Report 78-383 1978 This report...Montezuma district in central Colorado and of a northwestward extension of the Summitville district into Crater...Crater Creek in southern Colorado. The paired samples do not covary closely enough for one sample medium...porphyry-metal systems: (1) the Montezuma stock in central Colorado and (2) the Crater Creek segment of mineralized
Report (issue)
"Whatever is gold does not glitter. A gentle radiance belongs to the Friedrich Nietzsche, The Wanderer...high from Eagle's Nest mine in Placer County, Caifornia, USA Collection Marlin Zinn; photo Jeff Scovil...photo Left: A wall of gold bricks in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's gold vault Photo Robert Gambee...Crystallized gold from Canada Private collection; Jeff Scovil photo extraLapis English No. 5 Gold The Noble...International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint
Report (issue)
Oxidized Zinc Deposits of the United States Part 3. Colorado By ALLEN V. HEYL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...deposits and the resources of oxidized zin.c ores in Colorado UNITED STATES· GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...19180xidized zinc deposits of the United States. Part 3. Colorado. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964. vi...Bibliography : p. 88-91. 1. Zinc ores-Colorado. 2. Zinc mines and mining-Colorado. I. Title. (Series) For sale...__ Summit County_____________________________ ___ __ __ __ __ __ _____ Kokomo (Ten ~ile) district _______
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the major product (as at Climax and Henderson, Colorado, and Questa, New Mexico), or is a co- or byproduct...XVT XVA XWA XWI XWY ALASKA ARIZONA CALIFORNIA COLORADO GEORGIA IDAHO MAINE MISSOURI MONTANA NEVADA NEW...of the Pine Grove-B la*n Mountain area. Beaver County, Utah: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report...wah wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah (abstract): American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum...deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 982-D, p
Report (issue)
Series 30 Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology, 1984-1989 Colorado Geological Survey Department of...Resources Denver, Colorado 1990 Information Series 30 Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology, 1984-1989...Institute under contract to the Colorado Geological Survey Colorado Geological Survey Department of...of Natural Resources Denver, Colorado 1990 ii FOREWORD In recognition of the need to more effectively...published literature on the state's geology, the Colorado Geological Survey is pleased to release Information
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Peninsula, Mich. 10. Porphyry molybdenum ore, Colorado 11 . Zinc ore, Edwards , N . Y. 12. Manganese...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not presently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered, depends on...groups of vanadate deposits, those in the Otavi district, Namibia (formerly South-West Africa), and those...occurrences, such as at Breckenridge, Colo. (Lovering, Broken Hill district, Zambia, Taylor (1954) reported
 
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