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Pelican - Bismark, Mendota, Smuggler

Occurrence in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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  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 10018370
MRDS ID DC05297
Record type Site
Current site name Pelican - Bismark, Mendota, Smuggler
Related records 10239287

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.62392, 39.73332 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX. 40 MI. W. OF DENVER. ELEVS. 8400-12,400 FT.

Site location context

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)

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 74W 01 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.62392, 39.73332
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE DEPOSITS: AG-PB-ZN VEINS AND PYRITIC GOLD VEINS. PRINC. MINERALS OF FIRST: ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA, SPHALERITE, CONSIDERABLE LOCAL PYRITE. CHIEF MINERALS OF SILVER: POLYBASITE, ARGENTIFEROUS TETRAHEDRITE, ARGENTITE, PYRARGYRITE, PROUSTITE, AND NATIVE SILVER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Griffith (Georgetown, Silver Plume, Queens)

Comments on the production information

  • CLEAR CREEK 1869-1961: 101,965.15 T LEAD, 19,887.01 T ZINC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHARPS, 1963, COLO. SCH. MINES MIN. IND. BULL, V. 6, NO. 6

Reporter information

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

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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