Bankers Lode Claim

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087814
MRDS ID D010155
Record type Site
Current site name Bankers Lode Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.34281, 39.8911 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 11 MILES N 34 W FROM GOLDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eldorado Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 002S 071W 09 SE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF COAL CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER SE NW SEC. 9 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Cuprite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Tenorite Gangue

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.017 TO 0.11%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Twin Spruce Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Twin Spruce Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Idaho Springs Formation;Quartzite
    Rock description Idaho Springs Formation;Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.34281, 39.8911

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Rogers Fault Zone, Idaho Springs-Ralston Shear Zone, Coal Creek Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ralston Buttes District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS IN POST-REEF FAULT TRENDING N 30 E, 50 SE. REEF TRENDS N 20 W, 90

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-93 Spanski, Gregory T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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