The Unknown is a zinc and lead mine located in Clear Creek county, Colorado.
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Unknown MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Clear Creek
District: Montana
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): LEAD-SILVER AREA OF DISTRICT CONTAIN UP TO 30 PERCENT LEAD AND 20 PERCENT ZINC AND MAY CARRY 50-1000 OZ SILVER TO TON
Comment (Production): CLEAR CR. CO. 1869-1961. 101, 965.15 T. LEAD, 19, 887.01 T. ZINC.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TWO TYPES DEPOSITS: LEAD-SILVER VEINS AND PYRITIC GOLD VEINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SHARPS, 1963, COLO. SCH. MINES MIN. IND. BULL., V. 6, NO.
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