Dew Drop

Occurrence in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10117571
MAS/MILS ID 0080130243
Record type Site
Current site name Dew Drop

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.51837, 40.06498 (WGS84)
Elevation 2835

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ward(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Laramide intrusive rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 404304,404874 AND OTHERS, COLO BU MINES #320

  • Deposit

    OWN/ BIG FIVE CO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-1996 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 25-MAY-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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.