Centennial,Barrel,Big I.

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  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 10141672
MRDS ID DC03079
MAS/MILS ID 0080190374
Record type Site
Current site name Centennial,Barrel,Big I.
Related records 10108202

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.69892, 39.70443 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Galena Trace
Sphalerite Trace

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.69892, 39.70443

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 Silver Plume - Georgetown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1908
    Period pre-1908
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 857g/mt
    Major Gold Gold 40g/mt
    Trace Copper Copper 6%null%

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 01-AUG-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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