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Sunnyside Tunnel

Unknown in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10263657
MAS/MILS ID 0080190067
Record type Site
Current site name Sunnyside Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.55889, 39.79559 (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)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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 073 W Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.55889, 39.79559
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 80N
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N80E:80N
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Freeland

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:MAS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-1649, DATED 1952. RADIOACTIVITY-2.5XBG. DEPOSIT OCCURS AS VEIN IN IDAHO SPRINGS METASEDIMENTS AND SI PLUME GRANITE AND PEGMATITE. A 2 INCH CHANNEL VEIN SAMPLE AS 0.19% U308. THE AREA IS COVERED BY THE 7-1/2 MINUTE USGS MAP CENTRAL CITY.

Reporter information

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

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