Mine detail: Old Settler Mine

Previously called 'Old Settler TunnelOld Settler Mine & Tunnel'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.74832, -105.57726

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold, Copper
Secondary: Lead, Zinc
Tertiary: Uranium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz, Limonite
Discovery year: 1860

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

References

MAS80191144
DEP10263691
Reference{Commodity:: URANIUM DATA FROM AEC PRR-1616, EXAMINED IN 1952}{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Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1208, 91 p.}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}{Deposit:: Spurr, J. E., Garrey, G. H., and Ball, S. H., 1908, Economic geology of the Georgetown quadrangle, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 63, 422 p.}
ReporterMelton, Greg, Beach, Richard A., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Minecom