Blackhawk District

Producer in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper
Sections on this page
  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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000015
MRDS ID D001071
Record type District
Current site name Blackhawk District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.48389, 39.79999 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gilpin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Hawk(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 56
USGS model code 17a
Deposit model name Placer Au

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.48389, 39.79999

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name BLACKHAWK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    COLO. STATE METAL MINING FUND, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO, P.19.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULL. (COLO. SCH. OF MINES RESEARCH FOUNDATION), 1965, TUNGSTEN IN COLORADO, P.5.

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.