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Willis Gulch Shaft

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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142226
MRDS ID DC05138
MAS/MILS ID 0080191551
Record type Site
Current site name Willis Gulch Shaft
Alternate or previous names Druid,Adud

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.51676, 39.77394 (WGS84)
Elevation 2774
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position In south Willis Gulch west of the Druid mine.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gilpin(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
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.51676, 39.77394
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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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:USGS CRIB

  • Deposit

    Moench and Drake, 1966, Economic geology of the Idaho Springs District, Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties, Colorado: USGS BULL. 1208, pl. 1, p. 13.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Willis Gulch shaft is listed in Bull. 1208, p. 13 and shown on pl. 1. There is no other information in that report, nor in OFR 66-87.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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