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Smuggler

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10117694
MRDS ID DC04705
MAS/MILS ID 0080130732
Record type Site
Current site name Smuggler
Related records 10018020

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.3963, 40.15891 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Raymond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Boulder

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Telluride Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Trace
Galena Trace
Sphalerite Trace
Chalcopyrite Trace

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock type qualifier Y Proterozoic granite

Nearby scientific data

(2) -105.3963, 40.15891
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • north-trending quartz and fissure veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1876

Mining district

District name Jamestown (Balarat subarea)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1921
    Period 1901-1921
    Material ore
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major ore Silver Silver 328g/mt
    Major ore Gold Gold 373g/mt
  • Year 1936
    Period 1901-1936
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major ore Gold Gold 76061g
    Major ore Silver Silver 43685g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF. VANDERWILT "MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLO." P 324

  • Deposit

    REF USGS PROF PAPER 223 PLATE 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Includes Smuggler and Careless Boy veins

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 11-APR-2007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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