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North Empire District

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10018335
MRDS ID DC05240
Record type District
Current site name North Empire District
Alternate or previous names Harrison, Hecla, Mint, Cashier, Empire City, Golden Chariot, Jackpot, Empire Tunnel
Related records 10141589

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.68365, 39.77888 (WGS84)
Relative position N 1/2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Empire(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 Clear Creek

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 03S 74W 28 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 40 MILES WEST OF DENVER; MINES ARE JUST NORTH AND EAST OF EMPIRE IN N/2 SEC. 28, T 3 S, R 74 W. LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.68365, 39.77888
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYRITIC-GOLD FISSURE VEINS TRENDING NE, IN PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS ADJACENT TO TERTIARY DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Empire District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1990 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 02-MAY-2006 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 30-JUL-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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