Spur Daisy

Producer in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107786
MRDS ID D002234
Record type Site
Current site name Spur Daisy
Related records 10215292

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.53059, 39.80916 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gilpin(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 Gilpin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003S 073W 02,11 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Biotitic gneiss, schist, and migmatite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka - Quartz Hill

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 15-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

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