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Cherokee Mine

Past Producer in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Uranium, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191358
MAS/MILS ID 0080470046
Record type Site
Current site name Cherokee Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.49809, 39.77527 (WGS84)
Elevation 2593

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gilpin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Hawk(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003 S 072 W 29 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.49809, 39.77527
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 85N
    Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 23M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Strike And Dip N80E:85N
    Minimum Depth to Top 15
    Date of Last Modification 780213

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Queen Mineral Ranch Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 407476, MAS FILE OWN/ QUEEN MINERAL MINING

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LAST KNOWN OWNER OF THE CHEROKEE MINE WAS THE QUEEN MINE RANCH MINING COMPANY WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY THE MERCANTILE C AND TRUST COMPANY,721 LOCUST ST. ST. LOUIS 1, MISSOURI ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN BACKUP FILE SAMPLES FROM THE MINE ASSAYED FROM 0.40 TO 1.97% U308

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 07-JUN-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

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

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