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Minnesota

Past Producer in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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 10288349
MAS/MILS ID 0080470228
Record type Site
Current site name Minnesota
Alternate or previous names Michigan Boy, Gettysburg Vein

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -105.52865, 39.78082 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -105.52865, 39.78082
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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 1935
    Period 1913-1935
    Material ore
    Ore mined 223.41mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Copper Copper 314.33mt
    Trace Zinc Zinc 168.73mt
    Trace Silver Silver 5909.66g
    Trace Lead Lead 881.78mt
    Major Gold Gold 1586.27g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 407461

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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