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Gilpin Eureka

Past Producer in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  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. Land status
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166630
MRDS ID D003001
MAS/MILS ID 0080470159
Record type Site
Current site name Gilpin Eureka
Alternate or previous names Essex Group
Related records 10107862

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.5292, 39.8011 (WGS84)
Elevation 2774

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Galena Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.5292, 39.8011
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1908
    Period 1897-1908
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Zinc Zinc 12%null%
    Minor Lead Lead 16%null%
    Trace Silver Silver 424g/mt
    Major Gold Gold 65g/mt
  • Year 1940
    Period 1905-1940
    Material ore
    Ore mined 29.52mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 16037.21mt
    Minor Zinc Zinc 46802.11mt
    Minor Lead Lead 330875.67mt
    Major Gold Gold 371437.77g
    Trace Silver Silver 934535.19g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 18-JUN-0007 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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