Rockatinda group

Occurrence in Lake county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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 10311056
Record type Site
Current site name Rockatinda group
Alternate or previous names Rokatinda group, Frederick Development claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.252, 39.06943 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Lake

Comments on the location information

  • A group of 8 mining claims (patented and unpatented), about 1-1/2 miles NE of Granite, mostly in the NW/4 sec. 29, T 11 S, R 79 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Sample analyses by a major mining company indicated high values of gold and silver in selected samples. (Sunshine files, 1982)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.252, 39.06943

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Mining district

District name Granite District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-06 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

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.