Maid of Orleans, Jumbo

Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper
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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018535
MRDS ID DC05615
Record type Site
Current site name Maid of Orleans, Jumbo
Alternate or previous names Little Jumbo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.85282, 39.60055 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 05S 76W 24 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • MAID OF ORLEANS: 39-36-02N, 105-51-08W; JUMBO: 39-35-53N, 105-51-10W

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.85282, 39.60055

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1882

Mining district

District name Montezuma - Geneva Creek

Production statistics

  • Year 1888
    Period 1887-88
    Material ore
    Ore mined 14.76mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 108.86g
    Major Lead Lead 3996.14mt
    Major Silver Silver 8926.69g

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS (JUMBO), MAID OF ORLEANS: ADIT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 50 TONS AG ORE WORTH $60/TONE - ESTIMATED (MAID OF ORLEANS)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 50-150 OZ/TON AG/TON (MAID OF ORLEANS)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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