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Lord Byron

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10117520
MAS/MILS ID 0080190978
Record type Site
Current site name Lord Byron

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.5592, 39.73832 (WGS84)
Elevation 2606

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

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Bornite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Covellite Trace
Enargite Trace

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.5592, 39.73832
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Central City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1937
    Material ore
    Ore mined 11716.9mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zinc Zinc 63476.16mt
    Trace Lead Lead 545521.93mt
    Minor Copper Copper 58013.1mt
    Trace Silver Silver 1146692.03g
    Major Gold Gold 165003.96g
  • Year 1941
    Period 1907-41
    Material ore
    Ore mined 20317.82mt
    Accuracy Accurate

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 17-JUL-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

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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