Vigilant, Banta Hill, Gold, Bunkhouse

Occurrence in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018176
MRDS ID DC05008
Record type Site
Current site name Vigilant, Banta Hill, Gold, Bunkhouse

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.49615, 39.77943 (WGS84)
Relative position W 1/2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gilpin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Hawk(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 03S 72W 19 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.49615, 39.77943

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FRONT RANGE MINERAL BELT, NE TRENDING ZONE OF PORPHYRITIC INTRUSIVE ROCKS AND HYDROTHERMAL VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central City

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 07-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

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