Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryZinc, Copper, Lead
TertiaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
GanguePyrite
Other materialsSphalerite, Uraninite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1901
Discovery year1901
Identification
Deposit ID10238341
Alternate namesBig Five Tunnel, Edith, Edgar, Jenny Lind, Shafter, Strong, Hudson, Good for Nothing, Great Center, Kentuck, Lake, Belman veins, Central (Big Five) Tunnel Project, Lake Central Project
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.76389, -105.53361
References
Nelson-Moore, J.L., Collins, D.B., and Hornbaker, A.L., 1978, Radioactive mineral occurrences of Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1054 p., 12 pl.REF:MASSunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.Moench, R. H., and Drake, A. A., Jr., 1966, Economic geology of the Idaho Springs district, Clear Creek and Gilpin counties, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1208, 91 p.Bastin, E. S., and Hill, J. M., 1917, Economic geology of Gilpin County and adjacent parts of Clear Creek and Boulder Counties, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 94, 379 p.Moench and Drake, 1966, USGS Open-File Report 66-87 (formerly numbered as OFR 835).Lovering and Goddard, 1950, Geology and ore deposits of the Front Range, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 223, p. 187;#1, 17-P, pl. 3, north half.