Colorado · Clear Creek County
Past Producer
Colorado Central Mine
Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States
Zinc Lead Silver Gold Copper
Land & claims · BLM · live
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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.
Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Silver
SecondaryGold, Copper
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Model{85: Polymetallic veins}
Deposit sizeLarge
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite
GangueAnkerite, Barite, Calcite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Granite,Pegmatite · "Idaho Springs Formation", "Silver Plume Granite"
Associated rockPorphyry
Structure"vein junctions, dip changes, wall rock compentency"
Alteration"wall rock altered to sericite, quartz, siderite"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
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References
{Deposit:: Spurr, J. E., Garrey, G. H., and Ball, S. H., 1908, Economic geology of the Georgetown quadrangle, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 63, 422 p.}{Deposit:: Lovering, T. S., and Goddard, E. N., 1950, Geology and ore deposits of the Front Range, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 223, 319 p.}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}{Deposit:: REF:BOM ANNUAL REPORT 1915}
Identification
Deposit ID10107835
MRDS IDD002832
Alternate namesEquator Tunnel, Marshall Tunnel, Aliunde Tunnel and Shaft, Ocean Wave Tunnel
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.69666, -105.70642
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.