Katie Emmett-Upper

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190507
MAS/MILS ID 0080190864
Record type Site
Current site name Katie Emmett-Upper

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.62198, 39.71082 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
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

Idaho Springs(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

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.62198, 39.71082

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 National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Period 1908-48
    Material ore
    Ore mined 1818.8mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Lead Lead 907.63mt
    Minor Copper Copper 60.32mt
    Trace Silver Silver 14463.11g
    Major Gold Gold 5256.48g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-1978 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 18-JUL-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

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.