Challenge

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239003
MAS/MILS ID 0080190396
Record type Site
Current site name Challenge

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -105.68369, 39.76139 (WGS84)
Elevation 2626
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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003 S 074 W Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -105.68369, 39.76139

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Challenge Mining Co
    Year 1924

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CBM ANNUAL REPORT 1924

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Fairbank, Bonnie B. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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