Mine detail: Lake Central Project

Previously called 'Central (Big Five) Tunnel Project'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.76388, -105.5342

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Lead, Copper, Zinc
Tertiary: Uranium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Other material: Sphalerite, Uraninite
Discovery year: 1901

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1901

Geology

References

MAS80190054
DEP10238341
Reference{Commodity:: Nelson-Moore, J.L., Collins, D.B., and Hornbaker, A.L., 1978, Radioactive mineral occurrences of Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1054 p., 12 pl.}{Deposit:: REF:MAS}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}{Deposit:: Moench, R. H., and Drake, A. A., Jr., 1966, Economic geology of the Idaho Springs district, Clear Creek and Gilpin counties, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1208, 91 p.}{Deposit:: Bastin, E. S., and Hill, J. M., 1917, Economic geology of Gilpin County and adjacent parts of Clear Creek and Boulder Counties, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 94, 379 p.}
ReporterMinecom, Beach, Richard A.