| Deposit ID | 10287096 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080190058 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Miller Tunnel |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.5942, 39.73138 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clear Creek(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Idaho Springs(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Clear Creek |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 004 S | 073 W | 06 | E2 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Torbernite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Main Entrance (1) | -105.5942, 39.73138 |
|---|
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | 1M | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Central City |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mr. Loren Rosenbury |
| Home office | Ohio |
| Year | 1975 |
| Year | 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1908, 28, 1933-35, 39, 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 157.47mt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080190058 |
DATA FROM PRR-1625, EXAMINED IN 1952.
USGS Bull 1032b, p. 113
USGS PP 63, p. 334
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RADIOACTIVITY IS 3-4 X BACKGROUND. ASSAY VALUES .001-.014 % U. THE 7-1/2 MINUTE USGS MAP FOR THE AREA IS IDAHO SPRINGS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Minecom | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Updater | 18-JUL-0007 | Melton, Greg | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.