Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Copper
SecondaryLead, Zinc
TertiaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
GangueQuartz, Limonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1860
Identification
Deposit ID10263691
Alternate namesOld Settler Tunnel, Old Settler Mine & Tunnel
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.74832, -105.57726
References
URANIUM DATA FROM AEC PRR-1616, EXAMINED IN 1952Moench, 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Gilpin counties, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1208, 91 p.Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.Spurr, J. E., Garrey, G. H., and Ball, S. H., 1908, Economic geology of the Georgetown quadrangle, Colorado: U.S. Geological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.