Josephine, Stevens

Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017196
MRDS ID DC03059
Record type Site
Current site name Josephine, Stevens

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.79026, 39.67346 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 04S 75W 28,29,32,33 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.79026, 39.67346

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FAULT FISSURE VEINS, STRIKE NE, DIP 60-80 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • AS OF 7/31/50 HIGH GRADE SILVER PROD. PRIOR TO 1893

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM FILE, DENVER

  • Deposit

    BLM CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 178, PG 85, 110

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 6,63

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files 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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