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Becky Sharp

Past Producer in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. 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 10214980
MAS/MILS ID 0080470030
Record type Site
Current site name Becky Sharp

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.32058, 39.45999 (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 20 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.32058, 39.45999
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.7M
    Length 10M
    Width 1M
    Depth to top 20M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    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

Mining district

District name Russell

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas Manning
    Year 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 200M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OVERHAND SQUARE-SET 10-46A
    Swell Factor .3
    Percent Waste Rock 15
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 99
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1966

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 404755 406378 405234 ; MAS FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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

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