Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Zinc, Lead
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model{85: Polymetallic veins}
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueQuartz, Rhodochrosite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10263625
Alternate namesFranklin Shaft No.87, Franklin Shaft No. 73, Franklin Mines also includes: Gem, Freighter's Friend, Alpha, Reilly, Freeman, Seaton, and Silver Ag
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.75999, -105.50587
References
{Deposit:: REF:MAS}{Deposit:: MESA MET-NONMET MINE FILE REF OWNER-OP-MONT-KE MINES INC}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: Franklin Mining, Inc., information accessed from the Internet on 5/5/06.}{Reserve-Resource:: Long, K. R., DeYoung, J. H., Jr., and Ludington, S. D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, pt. B.}