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Champion Shaft

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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  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. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10117574
MAS/MILS ID 0080190386
Record type Site
Current site name Champion Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.5442, 39.7661 (WGS84)
Elevation 2865
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.5442, 39.7661
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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 1889
    Period 1888-1889
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Copper Copper 15376.78mt
    Major Silver Silver 1131855.67g
    Major Gold Gold 116669.15g
  • Year 1937
    Period 1908-1937
    Material ore
    Ore mined 1355.24mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Zinc Zinc 1383mt
    Minor Lead Lead 9824.81mt
    Minor Copper Copper 9996.72mt
    Major Silver Silver 253586.68g
    Major Gold Gold 25660.37g

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-1978 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 30-JUN-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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