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Carrie

Producer in Summit 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108379
MRDS ID DC05192
Record type Site
Current site name Carrie
Related records 10143115

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.90366, 39.51471 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position NW SLOPE OF WISE MTN. APPROX 3/4 MILE NW OF SWANDYKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 006S 076W 20 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RICH FREE-GOLD ORE IN SHALLOW OXIDIZED ZONE DOWN TO 25 FT. IS RESULT OF ENRICHMENT.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.90366, 39.51471
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: RICH GOLD ORE IN SHALLOW OXIDIZED ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swandyke Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT AS OF 1905: 900 FT ADIT, 90 FT SHAFT, 3000 FT DRIFTS. THE ADIT WAS DRIVEN BEFORE AU WAS RECOGNIZED AS SECONDARY. VEIN STRIKES ENE, DIPS VERTICAL. FREE GOLD ON EOCENE EROSION SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONTAINS 2 OZ/TON AU AND 10 OZ/TON AG. BELOW OXIDIZED ZONE, THERE IS ONLY PYRITE WITH RARE PB, CU, AND ZN. VEIN IS ENE, NEAR VERTICAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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