Tucker No 1

Unknown in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Uranium, Zinc, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215211
MAS/MILS ID 0080470061
Record type Site
Current site name Tucker No 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.51531, 39.81193 (WGS84)

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 002 S 074 W 20 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown

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) -105.51531, 39.81193

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central City

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Dale Tucker
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Period 1902, 03, 06, 07
    Material ore
    Ore mined 1909.34mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 16795.87g
    Trace Silver Silver 324098.27g
    Trace Lead Lead 326209.11mt
    Trace Copper Copper 18143.69mt
  • Year 1907
    Period 1902-1907
    Material ore
    Ore mined 1909.34mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Copper Copper 1%null%
    Major Gold Gold 10g/mt
    Trace Silver Silver 187g/mt
    Trace Lead Lead 19%null%

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO 409069 REF:MAS FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-1832, DATED 1956. RADIOACTIVITY: 40 X B INCLUDED IS A SKETCH OF THE MAIN PROSPECT PIT. THE PROSPECT LOCATED ON A FAULT STRIKING N 64 E AND DIPPING 60 N. THE FAU THROUGH GNEISS AND INJECTED PEGMATITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom 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

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