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Saratoga

Producer in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10263989
MAS/MILS ID 0080470001
Record type Site
Current site name Saratoga

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.51309, 39.78193 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713

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

Commodities

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

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) -105.51309, 39.78193
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Mining district

District name Central City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Saratoga Mines Inc.
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1909
    Period 1893-1909
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 80g/mt
    Major Gold Gold 31g/mt
  • Year 1946
    Period 1902-1946
    Material ore
    Ore mined 48507.28mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Copper Copper 114751.61mt
    Trace Zinc Zinc 1301.81mt
    Trace Silver Silver 2456241.89g
    Trace Lead Lead 877.24mt
    Major Gold Gold 1014035.68g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-FEB-1993 Gosling U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 20-JUN-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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