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Egyptian

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239581
MAS/MILS ID 0080470136
Record type Site
Current site name Egyptian

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.52809, 39.7911 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804

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 Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.52809, 39.7911
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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 1909
    Period 1899-1909
    Accuracy Accurate
  • Year 1938
    Period 1887-1938
    Material ore
    Ore mined 11455.1mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 215.45mt
    Major Copper Copper 74128.33mt
    Trace Silver Silver 742315.67g
    Major Gold Gold 330505.58g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 19-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

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