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Central City Tailings

Past Producer in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10311041
Record type Site
Current site name Central City Tailings
Alternate or previous names Parking Lot tailings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.51337, 39.79832 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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

Comments on the location information

  • The tailings pile lies just south of downtown Central City, in SW/4 sec.12, T 3 S. R 73 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 3,000,000 tons of tailings that assay 0.08 opt Au and 0.30 opt Ag.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.51337, 39.79832
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Central City District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • The tailings pile contains an estimated 240,000 oz. of Au, and 900,000 oz. Ag.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JAN-2006 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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