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Smith Properties

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10311040
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Properties
Alternate or previous names Burleigh Mining Properties, Silver Plume Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.73477, 39.70082 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown(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

Comments on the location information

  • A 392-acre group of properties including several of the noted mines (Seven-Thirty, Bismarck, Dives-Pelican, and Wisconsin-Corry City) just north of Silver Plume, S/2 sec. 13, T 4 S, R 75 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.73477, 39.70082
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Mining district

District name Georgetown-Silver Plume District

Comments on the production information

  • Mines in the group are credited with $12 to $15 million production, chiefly silver and lead by 1900, and a relatively small production since then.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Sunshine files contain older (1903) reports that may have dated or optimistic resource estimates of more than 1.5 million tons of ore, stope fill, and dump material.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JAN-06 Beach, Richard A. Colorado 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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