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Barker

Past Producer in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214936
MAS/MILS ID 0080470029
Record type Site
Current site name Barker

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.32058, 39.47309 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gilpin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003 S 073 W 17 W2NWSW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.32058, 39.47309
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 PLACER
    Type of Orebody #3 PLACER
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1860

Mining district

District name Nevada

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elias Goldman
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 400HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method GROUND SLUICING
    Swell Factor .3
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover QUICKSAND
    Percentage 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OWN/ ELIAS GOLDMAN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAY-1985 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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