BlockFrom the record
One of 92 National Register listings published here for Boulder County · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Snowbound Mine
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The listing
- Listing status. The Park Service records this property as Removed.
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 12 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Co. Rd. 52, Gold Hill, 80302
- Category. district
- Census division. Bald Mountain
- National Register reference number. 89000998 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
224 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Snowbound Mine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,099 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 9 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 |
| Natural | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | IA 657 |
| 7 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | NORTH EAST SUGARLOAF |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 6,382 acres | Royal Gorge Field Office | FOURMILE CANYON |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lefthand Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | SLAUGHTERHOUSE |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Lefthand Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | MT. ALTO |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 521 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 521 workings within 5 miles of Snowbound Mine: 290 past producers, 175 occurrences, 48 producers, 5 unknowns. 48 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argo | Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Producer | Vein | |
| Argo | Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Copper, Uranium, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Fluorspar, Galena, Sphalerite, Pyrite, Tennantite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite | |
| Beryl #2 | Niobium (Columbium), Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica | Producer | Beryl, Feldspar, Mica | |
| Beryl No.1 & 2 Claims | Beryllium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Buckhorn | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena | |
| Buena Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Krennerite, Gold, Sylvanite, Petzite | |
| Buena Vista Mine Nos 1-2-3 | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Castle Gulch | Gemstone, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Cobalt Gold Mining Co | Nickel, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Columbine | Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Copper | Producer | Beryl, Columbite, Feldspar, Malachite, Mica |
Storms near this property
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gold Hill, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2018 and 2022: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Gold Hill | - | Heavy rainfall produced minor flooding. Mud and rocks washed onto Left Hand Canyon Drive, between Gold Hill and Lee Hill Road. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Gold Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gold Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Gold Hill | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gold Hill | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Salina School | 1.3 miles | 1989 |
 | Little Church in the Pines | 1.3 miles | 1989 |
 | Gold Hill Historic District | 1.4 miles | 1989 |
 | Jamestown Mercantile Building | 3.1 miles | 1989 |
 | Jamestown Town Hall | 3.1 miles | 2003 |
| Jamestown Town Hall (Boundary Increase) | 3.1 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89000998 in Record Group 79. |
| Boulder County | All 92 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.