Silver Wave

Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018533
MRDS ID DC05611
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Wave

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.83616, 39.56555 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 05S 75W 31 SW4 OF SW4 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.83616, 39.56555

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N27-50N
    Dip STEEPLY NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINLETS OF ARSENOPYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Montezuma - Geneva Creek

Production statistics

  • Year 1922
    Period 1885-22
    Material ore
    Ore mined 6822.47mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 85526.2mt
    Major Copper Copper 15696.11mt
    Major Lead Lead 456329.79mt
    Major Gold Gold 4727.72g
    Major Silver Silver 1933236.86g

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 LEVELS. ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 12-24 INCH VEINS. VEINLETS OF ARSENOPYRITE. UPPER LEVELS MOSTLY GALENA WITH TETRAHEDRITE, LOWER LEVELS SPHALERITE AND CHALCOPYRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.