Edgardine

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10141646
MAS/MILS ID 0080190566
Record type Site
Current site name Edgardine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.51309, 39.75416 (WGS84)
Elevation 2484
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(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 Clear Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.51309, 39.75416

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1905
    Material ore
    Ore mined 295.26mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 808.69g
    Major Gold Gold 964.2g

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-1978 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 20-JUN-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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