Clear Creek & Gilpin

Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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 10108373
MRDS ID DC05142
Record type Site
Current site name Clear Creek & Gilpin
Alternate or previous names Freeland, Syndicate, Torry, Silver King, Sound, Ruby, Hiawatha, California, Specht, Mackay, Monarch
Related records 10117546

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.59198, 39.76499 (WGS84)

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)

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 29 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.59198, 39.76499

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SEAMS OF PYRITIC, COMPOSITE, AND GALENA - SPHALERITE TYPES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dumont

Comments on the production information

  • ITEMS 8, 9, 10, 11, & 12: VALUE $187,000 FROM SPECHT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown 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.