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GARFIELD COUNTY

Mining districts: Carbonate, Defiance, Elk Creek, Glenwood, Parachute, Newcastle, Rifle Creek

Fischer, R.P., 1960 (1961), Vanadium-uranium deposits of the Rifle Creek area, Garfield County, Colo., with a section on Mineralogy, by Theodore Botinelly: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1101,

GILPIN COUNTY

Mining districts: Central (Black Hawk, Central City, Nevada, Gregory, Russell Gulch, Quartz Mountain), Independence (Perigo), Pine (Kingston, Apex), Bay State, Enterprise, Eureka, Fairfield (Fairview), Hawkeye, Illinois Central, Kansas, Lake Gulch, Mountain House, Phoenix, Pleasant Valley, Quartz Valley, Silver Lake, South Boulder, Union, Vermillion, Wisconsin.

Bastin, E.S., and J.M. Hill, 1917, Economic geology of Gilpin County and adjacent parts of Clear Creek and Boulder counties, Colo.: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 94, 379 p.

Endlich, F.M.,1874, "Preliminary report upon the mining districts of Colorado", Chapter 1 in in Hayden, F.V., Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, embracing Colorado, being a report of progress of the exploration for the Year 1873: Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1874. p. 276-301.

Lovering, T.S., and E.N. Goddard, 1950 [1951], Geology and ore deposits of the Front Range, Colo.: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 223, 319 p.

Moench, R.H., and A.A. Drake, Jr., 1966, Economic geology of the Idaho Springs district, Clear Creek and Gilpin counties, Colo.: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1208, 91 p.

Sims, P.D., F.W. Osterwald, and E.W. Tooker, 1955, Uranium deposits in the Eureka Gulch area, Central City district, Gilpin County, Colo.: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1032-A, p. 1-31.

Sims, P.K., A.A. Drake, Jrs., and E.W. Tooker, 1963, Economic geology of the Central City district, Gilpin County, Colo.: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 359, 231 p.

Sims, P.K., and D.M. Sheridan, 1964, Geology of uranium deposits in the Front Range, Colo., by P.K. with sections by R.U. King and others: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1159, 116 p.

Sims, P.K., and others. 1963, Geology of uranium and associated ore deposits, central part of the Front Range mineral belt, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 371, 119 p.

Wallace, A.R., 1989, Gold in the Central City mining district, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1857-C, p. 38-47.

GRAND COUNTY

Mining districts: Blue Ridge, Buffalo Mountain, Campbell, Corral Creek, Fraser, Grand Lake(Wolverine), High Lonesome, Jane Peak, La Plata (Williams's Fork), Lead Mountain, Monarch (Harmon), Red Gorge (Copper King).

GUNNISON COUNTY

Mining districts: Beaver Creek (Midland), Box Canyon, Cebolla (Vulcan, Domingo, Powerhorn, Spencer, White Earth), Cochetopa (Green Mountain, Gold Basin, Parlin), Cross Mountain, Dorchester (Taylor River, Forest Hill), Elk Mountain (Ruby), Gold Basin, Gold Brick, Goose Creek (Madera), Gothic, Gunnison, Hotchkiss, Kezar Basin, McDanough, Owens Gulch, Pearl Pass, Pitkin, Quartz Creek, Rock Creek (Marble, Crystal River), Sheep Mountain, Silversedl, Spring Creek (Ohio, Spring Gulch), Taylor Peak, Tincup (Pieplant, Taylor Park), Tomichi (Whitepine), Willow Creek

Crawford, R.D.,.1913, Geology and ore deposits of the Monach and Tomichi districts, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 4, 317 p.

Crawford, R.D., and P.G. Worcester, 1916, Geology and ore deposits of the Gold Brick district, Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 10, 116 p.

Dings, M.G., and C.S. Robinson, 1957, Geology and ore deposits of the Garfield quadrangle, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 289, 110 p.

Emmons, S.F., Whitman Cross, and G.H. Eldridge, 1894, Anthracite-Crested Butte, Colo.: U.S. Geological Survey Folio 9, 11 p. 8 maps.

Goddard, E.N., 1936, "The geology and ore deposits of the Tincup mining district, Gunnison County": Colorado Scientific Society Proceedings, v. 13, no. 10, p. 551-595.

Harder, E.C., 1919, The Taylor Peak and Whitepine iron-ore deposits, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 380-E, p 188-198.

Hill, J.M., 1909, Notes on the economic geology of southeastern Gunnison County, Colo.: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 380-A, p. 21-40.

Staatz M.H., and A.F. Trites, Jr., 1955, Geology of the Quartz Creek pegmatite district, Gunnison County, Colo.: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 265, 111 p.

Vanderwilt, J.W., 1937[1938], Geology and mineral deposits of the Snowmass Mountain area, Gunnison County, Colo.: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 884, 184 p.

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HINSDALE COUNTY

Mining districts: Burrows Park (Whitecross), Carson, Galena (Henson Creek), Cimarron, Lake Fork (Lake, San Cristobal), Lake City, Park (Sherman)

Irving, J.D., 1905, Ore deposits in the vicinity of Lake City, Colo.: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 260, p. 78-84.

Irving, J.D., and Howland Bancroft, 1911, Geology and ore deposits near Lake City, Colo.: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 478, 128 p.

Kelley, V.C., 1946, "Geology, ore deposits, and mines of the Mineral Point, Poughkeepsie, and Upper Uncompahgre districts, Ouray, San Juan, and Hinsdale Counties, Colorado": Colorado Scientific Society Proceedings, v. 14, no. 7, p. 287-311.

Larsen, E.S., Jr., 1911, The economic geology of Carson camp, Hinsdale County, Colo.: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 470-B,.p. 30-38.

Sanford, R.F., and others, 1991, Mine maps of silver-lead epithermal deposits in the Lake City area, Hinsdale County, San Juan Mountains, southwestern Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey miscellaneous field studies map MF 2152.

Woolsey, L.H., 1907, Lake Fork extension of the Silverton mining area, Colo.: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 315-A, p. 26-30.

HUERFANO COUNTY

Mining districts: Blanca (Sierra Blanca, Camp San Diego), Huerfano (Malachite), La Veta, West Spanish Peaks.

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