Golconda

Occurrence in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091475
MRDS ID DC05127
Record type Site
Current site name Golconda
Related records 10165977

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.58087, 39.7836 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF FALL RIVER

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 17 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.58087, 39.7836

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RR-31-AEC - ANDERSON, 6/30/50 AND SUPPLEMENT 7/17/51

  • Deposit

    USGS P.P. 94, 1917

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ASSAY SAMPLE U308 F 5573 = 0.389 RADIOACTIVE 0.519 CHEM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 15-JUN-0007 Melton, Greg 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.