Martha E. Adit

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Uranium, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214877
MAS/MILS ID 0080190057
Record type Site
Current site name Martha E. Adit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.57809, 39.73249 (WGS84)
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 05 SWSENE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Torbernite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.57809, 39.73249

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.6M
    Depth to top 38.1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 30.5
    Date of Last Modification 790503

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1948

Mining district

District name Coral

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mountain States Uranium
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:MAS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 2782, DATED 1953. A TIME OF THE REPORT THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FROM THE CLA WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY GOLD BAR MINES, INC., COLO. IN WINZE TO BE EXPLORED, SAMPLES ASSAYED .14% U308. THE CLAIMS THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP, IDAHO SPRINGS. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA RE ARE CLAIM, LOCATION, AND MINE MAPS. AT THE TIME OF THE REPOR DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF A 152-FT. ADIT AND 15-FT. OF WINZE. DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE BE LENT FOR REHABILITATION WINZE AND FOR THE SINKING OF ADDITIONAL WINZE. ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT CONTROLLER IS MTN. STATES URAN., OF COLO.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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