Ore deposits of the Gilman District, Eagle County, Colorado
The Gilman mining district, known also in the past as the Red Cliff district, is in the mountains of southeastern Eagle County, west-central Colorado. The…
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Ore deposits of the Gilman District, Eagle County, Colorado Author: Lovering, T. S., Tweto, Ogden, Lovering, T.G. Year: 1978 Category: Report The Gilman mining district, known also in the past as the Red Cliff district, is in the mountains of southeastern Eagle County, west-central Colorado. The district is the leading source of zinc in Colorado and one of the major base-metal mining districts in the State. As valued at the time of production, total output of zinc, silver, copper, lead, and gold through 1972 was about $328 million. About 90 percent of this total was produced after 1930. The productive part of the district is an area of about 3 square miles (7.8 square kilometers) on the northeast side of the deep canyon of the Eagle Tags: usgs, molybdenum Climax Colorado Source: https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1017/plate-1.pdf