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Molly Kathleen

Past Producer in Teller county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191692
MAS/MILS ID 0081190014
Record type Site
Current site name Molly Kathleen

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.15057, 38.75 (WGS84)
Elevation 330
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teller(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cripple Creek South(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
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.15057, 38.75
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 30M
    Width 7M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 10M
    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 OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONITIZATION
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 800114

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cripple Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tenderfoot And Molly Kathleen
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1380M
    Overall depth 230M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OTHER TIMBERED STOPES
    Swell Factor .33
    Percent Waste Rock 12.5
    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
    Capacity 0
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 18500
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1948

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO #400346, 400468, 400482 & OTHERS

  • Deposit

    GEO. SURVEY PROF PAPER 223 P6 309 COLO DIV OF MINES METAL-NO

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS 1975 TOURIST MINE OWN: GOLD KING MIN. CO. 19

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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