Great American (a group of mines)

Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States

CopperZincLeadSilverGold

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Commodities

PrimaryCopper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit typeVein

Deposit sizeY

Materials

Ore mineralsGold, Silver

Geology

Host rockGneiss

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

Identification

Deposit ID10108025

MRDS IDDC00120

Alternate namesOlive, Borealis, Hyland, Gertrude, Little Ella, Us, Comstock, Nonpareil, Happy Easter, Edgar, Providence, Bryan, Protection, Colo Sch Mines Exp Mine, Mcmickle, Big Five, Waltham, Clear Creek, Ward, Aurum, Quartermaster, East Hukill, Essex

RegionNA

Data scoreC

Coordinates39.75222, -105.53389

References

USGS BULL 1208, 1966USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 835, 1966USGS P P 94, 1917, PL 7CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 6,63