Druid

Past Producer in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215083
MAS/MILS ID 0080470130
Record type Site
Current site name Druid
Alternate or previous names Drvid

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.51365, 39.77332 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gilpin(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 Gilpin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.51365, 39.77332

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 Central City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1949
    Period 1904-1949
    Material ore
    Ore mined 33569.09mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Lead Lead 203166.29mt
    Minor Copper Copper 240289.65mt
    Trace Silver Silver 9653369.67g
    Major Gold Gold 676594.02g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-AUG-1994 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.