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Lone Tree Shaft

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264257
MRDS ID DC05143
MAS/MILS ID 0080190974
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Tree Shaft
Related records 10018279

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.60087, 39.73971 (WGS84)
Elevation 2972
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Idaho Springs(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

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.60087, 39.73971
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Economic information

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1913-14, 1920, 1936-45
    Material ore
    Ore mined 1729.23mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zinc Zinc 7393.55mt
    Trace Silver Silver 72937.66g
    Trace Lead Lead 11045.88mt
    Major Gold Gold 24136.3g
    Trace Copper Copper 263.99mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:USGS BULLETIN 1032, p. 110

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 17-JUL-07 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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