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Sun & Moon

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper
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Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190387
MAS/MILS ID 0080191421
Record type Site
Current site name Sun & Moon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.51249, 39.76529 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.51249, 39.76529
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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 1921
    Period 1902-1921
    Material ore
    Ore mined 67274mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Copper Copper 225975.18mt
    Major Silver Silver 12324194.48g
    Major Gold Gold 956494.24g
    Trace Zinc Zinc 136466.89mt
    Major Lead Lead 586410.56mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-SEP-1978 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.