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Belle Creole

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214603
MAS/MILS ID 0080190047
Record type Site
Current site name Belle Creole

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.59531, 39.73305 (WGS84)
Elevation 2987
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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 004 S 073 W 06 SENE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Limonite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.59531, 39.73305
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 80W
    Field Value
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N50E:80W
    Date of Last Modification 790430

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DATA FROM PRR-1617, EXAMINED IN 1952.

  • Deposit

    USGS Bull 1032b, p. 90

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ASSAY VALUES OF .002% U AND .033% U. THE 7-1/2 MINUTE USGS THE AREA IS IDAHO SPRINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom 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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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