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### Economic geology of the Central City district, Gilpin 
County, Colorado

#### Professional Paper 359

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- Preceding Publications:
- Preliminary 
    geologic and vein maps of part of the Central City district, Gilpin and 
    Clear Creek Counties, Colorado (1954)
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#### Abstract

The Central City district, in Gilpin County, Colo., is on the east flank of 
the Front Range, about 30 miles west of Denver. The district is the most 
important mining camp in the Front Range mineral belt, and has yielded more than 
$100 million worth of gold, silver, uranium, and base-metal ores since 1859. 
Gold accounts for about 85 percent of the dollar value of the ore. In recent 
years mining activity has been slack but from 1950 to 1955 the search for 
uranium ores stimulated prospecting and development.

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