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Capitol Central Mine

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013750
MRDS ID D010211
Record type Site
Current site name Capitol Central Mine
Related records 10207795

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.38753, 39.71416 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 6.5 MILES N 31 W FROM EVERGREEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saddleback Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 004S 071W 07 W2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR BEAVER BROOK. MILS LISTING GIVES LOCATION AS R71W BUT GIVES LAT-LONG FOR SEC 07, T4S, R70W ON EVERGREEN QUAD. MINE AND PROSPECT SYMBOLS ON SQUAW PASS QUAD SUGGEST MORE LIKELY LOCATION. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR SHAFT IN W2 SW ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;Bostonite Porphyry And Related Rocks
    Rock description Pegmatite;Bostonite Porphyry And Related Rocks
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Idaho Springs Formation---Feldspar-Rich Gneiss Interlayered With Hornblende Gneiss, Amphibolite, Other Gneisses;Idaho Springs Formation---Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite
    Rock description Idaho Springs Formation---Feldspar-Rich Gneiss Interlayered With Hornblende Gneiss, Amphibolite, Other Gneisses;Idaho Springs Formation---Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.38753, 39.71416
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Floyd Hill Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Malachite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHERIDAN, D. M., AND MARSH, S.P., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SQUAW PASS QUADRANGLE, CLEAR CREEK, JEFFERSON, AND GILPIN COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1337.

  • Deposit

    SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EVERGREEN QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-786-A.

  • Deposit

    USBM MILS LISTING 0080590047

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO AVAILABLE DESCRIPTION, BUT SQUAW PASS GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS SINUOUS, NE-TRENDING BRANCH FAULT FROM FLOYD HILL FAULT ZONE CUTTING ACROSS FOLIATION OF INTERLAYERED FELDSPAR-RICH GNEISS, HORNBLENDE GNEISS, AND AMPHIBOLITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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