The Bellevue-Rochester is a gold mine located in Clear Creek county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,350 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,350 Feet (2,545 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.7594, -105.64830
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Bellevue-Rochester MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bellevue-Rochester
Secondary: Bellvue-Hudson Group
Secondary: Rochester,Annamosa,Gold Val.,
Secondary: Bellevue Mine
Secondary: Rochester Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Clear Creek
District: Dumont
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Bellevue Mines Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Kansas
Info Year: 1975
Production
Year: 1948
Time Period: 1907-48
Mined: 16731.400 mt
Material type: ore
Year: 1891
Time Period: 1890-91
Mined: 86.600 mt
Material type: ore
Year: 1896
Time Period: 1886-1896
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT DOCKET NO. 3197. AT THE TIME REPORT THE MINE WAS CONTROLLED BY SCHAMNER MINING COMPANY OF PITCHBLENDE OCCURENCE IN THE VEIN WAS REPORTED TO HAVE A LEN 10 FEET, AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF 2.8 FEET AND AN AVERAGE ASSAY O U308. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT WERE LOCATION AND MINING M THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED THAT THOUGH SMALL BODIES OF PITCHB ORE MIGHT BE DISCOVERED, PRODUCTION OF ORE WOULD NOT BE SIGN THE LOAN FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION WAS DENIED. INFORMATION FROM PRR-1681. RADIOACTIVITY: 70XBG. ADDITIONAL TION ON GEOLOGY IN BACKUP FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 67-109, p. 37
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