Freeland Tunnel

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214559
MAS/MILS ID 0080190644
Record type Site
Current site name Freeland Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Mcclelland Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.59087, 39.76249 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.59087, 39.76249

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 Dumont

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: USGS PROF PAPER #223

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 20-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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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