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Spur-Daisy Group

Past Producer in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Uranium, Vanadium, Zinc, Silver, Gold
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215292
MRDS ID D002234
MAS/MILS ID 0080470059
Record type Site
Current site name Spur-Daisy Group
Related records 10107786

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.53059, 39.80916 (WGS84)

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003 S 073 W 11 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown
Zincite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Biotitic gneiss, schist, and migmatite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • 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
    Date of Last Modification 780921

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO 405983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION SOURCE IS DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3705, DATED 19 THE TIME OF THE REPORT THERE HAD BEEN NO URANIUM PRODUCTION THE CLAIMS WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY CENTRAL CITY URANIU COLO. PITCHBLENDE OCCURS IN SMALL SPORADIC DEPOSITS IN THE M THE MINE IS WELL DEVELOPED HAVING BEEN A GOLD-SILVER PRODUCE THOUGH AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT THE MINE WAS IN POOR SHAPE. CLAIMS ARE IN THE EUREKA-QUARTZ VALLEY MINING DISTRICT AND O 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP, CENTRAL CITY. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT CLAIM, LOCATION AND MINE MAPS. BASED ON THE VERY LIMITED URA DEPOSITS, THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE BE DENIED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 15-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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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