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Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018324
MRDS ID DC05223
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.55596, 39.78127 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Central City(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)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 03S 73W;74W Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.55596, 39.78127
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO TYPES DEPOSITS: LEAD-SILVER VEINS AND PYRITIC GOLD VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Montana

Comments on the production information

  • CLEAR CR. CO. 1869-1961. 101, 965.15 T. LEAD, 19, 887.01 T. ZINC.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LEAD-SILVER AREA OF DISTRICT CONTAIN UP TO 30 PERCENT LEAD AND 20 PERCENT ZINC AND MAY CARRY 50-1000 OZ SILVER TO TON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHARPS, 1963, COLO. SCH. MINES MIN. IND. BULL., V. 6, NO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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