Missouri

Past Producer in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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. Land status
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288670
MAS/MILS ID 0080470229
Record type Site
Current site name Missouri
Alternate or previous names Missori

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.52198, 39.78082 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743

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
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.52198, 39.78082

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1910
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 100g/mt
    Trace Silver Silver 205g/mt
  • Year 1939
    Period 1908-1939
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 12876.84g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 3.17mt
    Minor Copper Copper 600.1mt
    Trace Silver Silver 35737.89g
    Trace Lead Lead 126.55mt

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 26-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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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