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Albany

Unknown in Teller county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10167384
MAS/MILS ID 0081190002
Record type Site
Current site name Albany

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.27617, 38.7356 (WGS84)
Elevation 4308
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teller(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Teller

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calaverite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sylvanite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.27617, 38.7356
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 16M
    Width 3M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 15M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N70E:
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cripple Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Swell Factor .34
    Percent Waste Rock 12.6
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO #406989 & OTHERS OWN: UNITED GOLD MINES 19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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