The Bankers Lode Claim is a copper and uranium mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Uranium
Lat, Long: 39.89111, -105.34222
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Bankers Lode Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bankers Lode Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Ralston Buttes District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin
Type: L
Description: Rogers Fault Zone, Idaho Springs-Ralston Shear Zone, Coal Creek Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TWO SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.017 TO 0.11%
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Cuprite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Tenorite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE OF COAL CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER SE NW SEC. 9 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS IN POST-REEF FAULT TRENDING N 30 E, 50 SE. REEF TRENDS N 20 W, 90
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 190
Reference (Deposit): WELL, J.D., 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE ELDORADO SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1221-D, P. 61-63
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