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German

Past Producer in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Uranium, Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10142281
MRDS ID D002222
MAS/MILS ID 0080470157
Record type Site
Current site name German
Alternate or previous names Belcher
Related records 10009310

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.53392, 39.78943 (WGS84)
Elevation 2895

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 Gilpin

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.53392, 39.78943
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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 1935
    Period 1903, 09, 13-16, 18, 25, 30-35
    Material ore
    Ore mined 1159.38mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Copper Copper 6518.57mt
    Trace Zinc Zinc 41.27mt
    Trace Uranium Uranium 826.44mt
    Trace Silver Silver 47588.32g
    Trace Lead Lead 82.55mt
    Major Gold Gold 19532.98g

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 19-JUN-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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