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Kelso Mountain Claims

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper
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  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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239266
MAS/MILS ID 0080191402
Record type Site
Current site name Kelso Mountain Claims
Alternate or previous names Sterling Silver group

Comments on the site names

  • The 310-acre claim block includes several lodes and workings, including the Baker mine and the Atlantic & Pacific (or A & P) tunnel.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.79699, 39.66638 (WGS84)
Elevation 3657
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grays Peak(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)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Comments on the location information

  • A 310-acre claim group located on Kelso Mountain, especially on the north and east sides, in secs. 28, 29, 32, and 33, T 4 S, R 75 W, about 4 miles SW of Silver Plume.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • Production from lodes on the claim group.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.79699, 39.66638
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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 Argentine District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • Lodes on the claim group have produced significant amounts of high-grade silver-lead ore in the 1870s.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lovering, T. S., 1935, Geology and ore deposits of the Montezuma quadrangle, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 178, 119 p.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-SEP-78 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 05-JAN-06 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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