Nabob, Silver Belt, Baltic, Last Chance, Walt Stemble

Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108387
MRDS ID DC05250
Record type Site
Current site name Nabob, Silver Belt, Baltic, Last Chance, Walt Stemble

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.63587, 39.7486 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown(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 74W 35 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.63587, 39.7486

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QTZ, BARITE, SIDERITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND TRACES OF COPPER MINERALS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dumont

Production statistics

  • Year 1888
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Lead Lead 623.68mt
    Major Silver Silver 46655.22g
  • Year 1952
    Period 1949-52
    Material ore
    Ore mined 3488.98mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Copper Copper 8424.57mt
    Minor Lead Lead 129869.84mt
    Major Silver Silver 2487469.78g
    Major Gold Gold 4572.21g

Comments on the production information

  • SOME RADIOACTIVE MINERALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 31-JUL-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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