Empress

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10117782
MAS/MILS ID 0080190021
Record type Site
Current site name Empress

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.57559, 39.73332 (WGS84)
Elevation 2837

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 004 S 073 W 05 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Torbernite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.57559, 39.73332

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.6M
    Depth to top 38.1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 30.5
    Date of Last Modification 790430

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1948

Mining district

District name Central City

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Renfro
    ID 500685
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Attillio Napolitano
    ID 500685
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 2782, DATED 1953. A TIME OF THE REPORT THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FROM THE CLA WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY GOLD BAR MINES, INC., COLO. IN WINZE TO BE EXPLORED, SAMPLES ASSAYED .14% U308. THE CLAIMS THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP, IDAHO SPRINGS. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA RE ARE CLAIM, LOCATION, AND MINE MAPS. AT THE TIME OF THE REPOR DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF A 152-FT. ADIT AND 15-FT. OF WINZE. DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE BE LENT FOR REHABILITATION WINZE AND FOR THE SINKING OF ADDITIONAL WINZE. ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT CONTROLLER IS MTN. STATES URAN., OF COLO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 25-JUL-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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