Widow Woman

Producer in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018611
MRDS ID DC05733
Record type Site
Current site name Widow Woman
Related records 10118588

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 Gilpin

Public Land Survey System information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.55596, 39.78127

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southern

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 2,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 07-JUN-07 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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