Mine detail: Golden Age Mine

Previously called 'inlcudes Golden Age and Sentinel (or Telluride) veins'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.12581, -105.35976

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Tellurium
Tertiary:	Uranium
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Petzite, Sylvanite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Structure:	two veins trend NE and dip to SE
Alteration processes:	silification

References

MRDS	DC04723
DEP	10018030
Reference	{Deposit:: LOVERING and GODDARD, 1950, Geology and ore deposits of the Front Range, Colorado: USGS PP 223, p. 271-272, pl. 3.}{Deposit:: SIMS and SHERIDAN, 1964, Geology of uranium deposits in the Front Range, Colorado: USGS BULL. 1159, p. 47, 54, and table 6, p. 48, 50, 52.}{Deposit:: BLM COLO. CONNECTING SHEETS}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, Boulder Co., Jamestown project, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}
Reporter	Conservation Division Files, Beach, Richard A., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Melton, Greg, Wilson, Anna B.