Nabob Group

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Garnet, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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 10287336
MRDS ID D002924
MAS/MILS ID 0080191103
Record type Site
Current site name Nabob Group
Alternate or previous names Silver Belt, Baltimore
Related records 10009753

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.63559, 39.74777 (WGS84)
Elevation 2987
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

Georgetown(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
Garnet Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.63559, 39.74777

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dumont

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1888
    Accuracy Accurate
  • Year 1952
    Period 1949-52
    Material ore
    Ore mined 3399.42mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 2487469.78g
    Trace Lead Lead 129869.84mt
    Trace Gold Gold 4572.21g
    Trace Copper Copper 8424.57mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:USGS CRIB,OWNER:WALTER PLANKERTON

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 67-109, p. 48

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 31-JUL-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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