| Deposit ID | 10214150 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080191478 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tropic Shaft |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.51479, 39.75919 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2713 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Clear Creek |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Tennantite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Main Entrance (1) | -105.51479, 39.75919 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Central City |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Year | 1892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1887-1892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080191478 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 13-FEB-1978 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.