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Hellen Mine

Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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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. 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. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108376
MRDS ID DC05165
Record type Site
Current site name Hellen Mine
Alternate or previous names Hellen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.00421, 39.4861 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position MINERAL HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Breckenridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(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 06S 77W 33 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SMALL CLUSTER OF MINES ON MINERAL HILL. ROSE OF BRECKENRIDGE: 39-29-10N, 106-00-13W; CINCINNATI: 39-29-13N, 105-59-57W; ELLA: 39-29-24N, 106-00-11W; FRENCH CREEK TUNNEL: 39-28-55N, 105-59-35W; HELEN(OLD WORKINGS): 39-28-52N, 106-00-14W; HELEN (PENN TUNNEL): 39-28-53N, 106-00-26W; LITTLE SALLIE BARBER: 39-28-45N, 105-59-42W; LUCKY (LOWER TUNNEL): 39-29-10N, 105-59-46W; LUCKY (OLD SHAFT): 39-29-30N, 105-59-47W; MINNIE )LOWER TUNNEL): 39-29-16N, 106-00-05W; MINNIE (UPPER TUNNEL): 39-29-24N, 106-00-02W; TRUAX: 39-29-17N, 106-00-24W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.00421, 39.4861
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Breckenridge

Comments on the workings information

  • CINCINNATI: SHAFT, ELLA: SHAFT, FRENCH CREEK TUNNEL: ADIT, HELEN (OLD WORKINGS): ADIT, HELEN (PENN TUNNEL): ADIT, LITTLE SALLIE BARBER: SHAFT, LUCKY (LOWER TUNNEL): ADIT, LUCKY (OLD SHAFT): SHAFT, MINNIE (LOWER TUNNEL): ADIT, MINNIE (UPPER TUNNEL): ADIT, ROSE OF BRECKENRIDGE: SHAFT, TRUAX: ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HELEN (PENN TUNNEL) = HELLEN

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

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