The East Calhoun Mine is a mine located in Gilpin county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,291 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,291 Feet (2,832 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.78583, -105.53250
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East Calhoun Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: East Calhoun Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Gilpin
District: Central City
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 1311X, D 1951: AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE CLAIMS WERE CONTROLLED REALTY COMPANY, COLO. THE MINE HAS BEEN AN EARLY GOLD-SILVER DUCER, AS WELL AS URANIUM, AND IS LOCATED IN THE ONLY PITCHB PRODUCING DISTRICT OF ANY CONSEQUENCE IN THE U.S.A., THE QUA HILL AREA. INCLUDED IN THE REPORT ARE CLAIM, MINE AND LOCATI AS WELL AS VERTICAL SECTIONS OF SOME OF THE OLD MINE WORKING PITCHBLENDE OCCURS AS SMALL VEINS, PODS, AND LENSES OF HIGH- ORE IN THE NEARLY VERTICAL MAIN VEINS. THESE VEINS ARE FROM UP TO 2-3 FEET WIDE AND CONSIST OF VEINLETS OF PYRITE AND QU AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, MINE WORKINGS WERE EXTENSIVE, THO LARGELY INACCESSIBLE. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE F PLORATION BE GRANTED.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINE MAP REPO # 401037
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