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Golconda Mine

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Uranium, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10165977
MRDS ID DC05127
MAS/MILS ID 0080190051
Record type Site
Current site name Golconda Mine
Related records 10091475

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.58087, 39.7836 (WGS84)
Elevation 2514
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)

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 Clear Creek

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003 S 073 W 17 NESWSE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.58087, 39.7836
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Date of Last Modification 790430

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fall River

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fall River Power Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1909
    Material ore
    Ore mined 1.27mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Silver Silver 970.42g
    Minor Gold Gold 101.39g
    Trace Copper Copper 2%null%

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines
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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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