John L. and Frannie Group

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018275
MRDS ID DC05136
MAS/MILS ID 0080190842
Record type Site
Current site name John L. and Frannie Group
Alternate or previous names includes: John L., Frannie, Clarissa, Belman, Forge Hill, Fairmont, Frontenac

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.53003, 39.77666 (WGS84)
Relative position approx. middle of the named mines included in this group.

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 Clear Creek

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 03S 73W 23 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE digitized from point near middle of the named mines. See pl. 1 of OFR 66-87 and pl. 1 of Bull. 1208.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.53003, 39.77666

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FRONT RANGE MINERAL BELT, A NE TRENDING ZONE OF PORPHYRITIC INTRUSIVE ROCKS AND HYDROTHERMAL VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central City

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 14-JUL-2008 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. 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.