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Humboldt

Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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  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 10264201
MRDS ID D002529
MAS/MILS ID 0080190796
Record type Site
Current site name Humboldt
Related records 10009493

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.61698, 39.71693 (WGS84)
Elevation 2865
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Idaho Springs(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)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.61698, 39.71693
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central City

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period 1902-16, 24, 1934-51
    Material ore
    Ore mined 2904.37mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 76296.83g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 4313.66mt
    Major Gold Gold 25660.37g
    Minor Lead Lead 2363.21mt
    Minor Copper Copper 190.05mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-FEB-84 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 27-JUL-07 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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