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Nabob

Prospect in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10287756
MAS/MILS ID 0080190017
Record type Site
Current site name Nabob

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.41919, 39.68889 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saddleback Mountain(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 004 S 072 W 23 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.41919, 39.68889
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 POTASSIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 SILICIFICATION
    Date of Last Modification 790430

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1948

Mining district

District name Montana

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Walter Plankerton
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1974

Comments on the ownership information

  • LAST KNOWN OWNER: CHARLES M WINN JR 925 S. OTIS ST. LAKEWOOD,COLORADO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOURCES OF INFORMATION: STATE BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATO

  • Deposit

    REPORTS AND E.R.D.A. OPEN FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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

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