The Central City Tailings is a gold mine located in Gilpin county, Colorado.
About the MRDS Data:
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Mine Info
Central City Tailings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Central City Tailings
Secondary: Parking Lot tailings
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Gilpin
District: Central City District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): 3,000,000 tons of tailings that assay 0.08 opt Au and 0.30 opt Ag.
Comment (Location): The tailings pile lies just south of downtown Central City, in SW/4 sec.12, T 3 S. R 73 W.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): The tailings pile contains an estimated 240,000 oz. of Au, and 900,000 oz. Ag.
References
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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