| Deposit ID | 10021680 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE00879 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Cord Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Rainbow |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.83477, 39.56832 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3879 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
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)
Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)
South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
White River National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Summit |
| United States | Colorado | Clear Creek |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 005S | 075W | 31 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| (1) | -105.83477, 39.56832 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Montezuma - Geneva Creek |
|---|
| Year | 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1888, 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 19.68mt | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE00879 |
LOVERING, T.S., 1935, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MONTEZUMA QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 178, 119 P. p. 106
PATTON, H.B., 1909, THE MONTEZUMA MINING DISTRICT OF SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, FIRST REPORT, 1908, P. 105-144.
WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., IN PRESS, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE 1:50,000.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1991 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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