Unknown #406

Unknown in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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. 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 10287800
MAS/MILS ID 0080190072
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown #406

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.58639, 39.73219 (WGS84)

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 004 S 073 W 05 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.58639, 39.73219

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    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-1658, DATED 1952. RADIOACTIVITY- 3XBG, DEPOSIT IS OF TERTIARY AGE IN ALTERED IDAHO SPRINGS FORMATIO THE SHAFT WAS LISTED AS IN POOR CONDITION. THE AREA IS COVER THE 7-1/2 MINUTE USGS MAP, IDAHO SPRINGS.

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.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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