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Hellena - Ibex Extension

Producer in Lake county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009794
MRDS ID D003007
Record type Site
Current site name Hellena - Ibex Extension

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.22561, 39.22471 (WGS84)
Elevation 3345

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Sherman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 009S 079W 28,33 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.22561, 39.22471
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Leadville

Production statistics

  • Year 1924
    Period 1916-12, 1924
    Material ore
    Ore mined 1095.41mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Copper Copper 0%null%
    Minor Gold Gold 6g/mt
    Major Silver Silver 357g/mt
    Major Lead Lead 30%null%
  • Year 1930
    Period 1928-30
    Material ore
    Ore mined 24.6mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Gold Gold 6g/mt
    Major Silver Silver 274g/mt
    Major Zinc Zinc 7%null%
    Major Lead Lead 23%null%

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AIME GRATON - SALES, VOL. NO. 1 , P. 681

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 235, p. 139

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 21-AUG-2007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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