Bride Vein Idaho Tunnel

Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, 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. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009723
MRDS ID D002864
Record type Site
Current site name Bride Vein Idaho Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.52281, 39.75693 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(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 003S 072W 35 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.52281, 39.75693

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central City

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Period ?-1966(?)
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Zinc Zinc 15%null%
    Major Lead Lead 30%null%
    Major Gold Gold 12g/mt
    Major Silver Silver 549g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 20-JUN-2007 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.