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Invincible

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10108030
MRDS ID DC00133
MAS/MILS ID 80190816
Record type Site
Current site name Invincible
Alternate or previous names C M Welch, Baltimore, Mammoth, Falcon, Brownell, Lance, Alpine, Roca, Blackwood, Cecil, Frelland, Silver Link, Belle Creole, Miller, Ariadne, Diamond Mt, Mint, Brighton, Harrisburg, C.M. Welch, Invincible, C.M. Welch
Related records 10190319

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Main Entrance -105.60528, 39.72983 (WGS84) 10 Location is for the lower (#17, Invincible) of the two shafts shown on pl. 5, Bull. 1032-B.
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Main Entrance -105.6064, 39.72819 (WGS84) 10 Upper shaft (#18, C.M. Welch) on Pl. 5 of Bull. 1032-B.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Idaho Springs(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 04S 73W 6 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Biotitic gneiss, schist, and migmatite
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Main Entrance (2) Biotitic gneiss, schist, and migmatite
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SULPHIDE BEARING VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lamartine

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Removed reference to "USGS P P 319, 1959, PL2" There is no mention of this mine in this report or on the plates. The report is adjacent on the south of Lamartine.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1972-07-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2007-07-18 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2013-12-17 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records
Reporter 1978-02-13 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080190418 = 10141565, MAS 0080190816 = 10190319

Beyond USGS

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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