Elida Tunnel

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166456
MRDS ID DC00117
MAS/MILS ID 0080190573
Record type Site
Current site name Elida Tunnel
Related records 10108024

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -105.62642, 39.76027 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Empire(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
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -105.62642, 39.76027

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 Dumont

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:BOM ANNUAL REPORT 1963 OWNER: COLO SCHOOL OF MINES

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 67-109, p. 42

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 15-JUN-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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