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DELTA COUNTY
Mining districts: Muddy, placers on Gunnison River.
DENVER COUNTY
Mining districts: Cherry Creek and Platte River placers
DOLORES COUNTY
Mining districts: Lone Cone (Dunton), Night Hawk, Pioneer (Rico)
Bromfield, C.S., and F.E. Williams, 1972, Mineral resources of the Wilson Mountains Primitive Area, Colo, with a section on Geophyical interpretation, by Peter Popenoe: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1353A, p. A1-A79.
Collins, G.W., "Localization of ore bodies at Rico and Red Mountain, Colorado as conditioned by geologic structure and history": Colorado Scientific Society Proceedings, v. 12, no. 12, p. 407-424.
Cross, Whitman, and A.C. Spencer, 1900, "Geology of the Rico Mountains, Colo.", Part 2a in Twenty- first Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1899-1900, p. 7-165.
Cross, Whitman, and F. L. Ransome, 1905, Rico, Colo. : U.S. Geological Survey Folio 130, 21 p., 1 sheet of illus., 5 maps.
McKnight, E.T., 1974, Geology and ore deposits of the Rico district, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 723, 100 p.
Ransome, F.L., 1901, "The ore deposits of the Rico Mountains, Colo.", Part 2c in Twenty-second Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1900- 1901, p. 229-398.
Vhay, J.S., 1962 (1963) Geology and mineral deposits of the area south of Telluride, Colo. : U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1112-G, p. 209-310.
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Mining districts: Cherry Creek placers, Dry Creek placers, Newlin Gulch placers, Russellville Gulch placers, De Sobe, Tyler (West Creek)
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EAGLE COUNTY
Mining districts: Alsace, Battle Mountain (Red Cliff, Gilman, Belden, Horn Silver), Burns and McCoy, Brush Creek, Fairview Hill, Fulford, Gypsum, Holy Cross (Eagle River), Homestake, Iron, Mount Egley, Tennessee Pass, Telluride, Wilkinson.
Crawford, R.D., and R. Gibson, 1925, Geology and ore deposits of the Red Cliff district, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 30, 89 p.
Lovering, T.S., Ogden Tweto and T.G. Lovering, 1978, Ore deposits of the Gilman district, Eagle County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1017, 90 p.
Tweto, Ogden, and Bruce Bryant, and F.E. Williams, 1970, Mineral resources of the Gore RangeEagles Nest Primitive Area and vicinity, Summit and Eagle counties, Colo. : U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1319-C, p. C1-C127.
EL PASO COUNTY
Mining districts: Blair Athol, Cheyenne Mountain (Pikes Peak, Manitou), El Paso (Turkey Creek), Front Range, North Cheyenne.
ELBERT COUNTY
Mining districts: Gold Creek or Ronk Creek placers.
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FREMONT COUNTY
Mining districts: Arkansas River placers, Bare Hills (South Cripple Creek), Black Mountain, Badger Creek, Canon City, Carbonate, Cotopaxi (Fremont), Currant Creek (Micanite, Parkdale), Eightmile,(McCourt), Gem (Texas Creek), Gordon, Greenhorn (Grape Creek), Hillside, Howard, Pleasant Valley, Red Gulch, Wellsville, Wilbur, Whitehorn (Manoa, Calumet)
Lindgren, Waldemar, 1908, Notes on copper deposits in Chaffee, Fremont, and Jefferson counties, Colo. : U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 340-B, p. 157174.
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