Springdale

Past Producer in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191000
MAS/MILS ID 0080470002
Record type Site
Current site name Springdale
Alternate or previous names Gold Rock

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.54476, 39.7786 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743

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

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Tennantite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.54476, 39.7786

Economic information

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 Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Period 1907-1934
    Material ore
    Ore mined 713.54mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Lead Lead 264.89mt
    Minor Copper Copper 3428.25mt
    Trace Zinc Zinc 623.68mt
    Trace Silver Silver 63979.86g
    Major Gold Gold 10544.08g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: MAS FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAR-1993 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 20-JUN-0007 Melton, Greg 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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