Bankers Lode Claim

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

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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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