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Ji~ fL.- Preliminary Geologic and 4'\0J of

Vein Maps of Part of the

Central City District, Gilpin

and Clear Creek Counties,

Colorado ?· >- \0.. 19· ~ \ I ~ j ~ \(I, ').l -

By P. K. Sims, A. A. Drake, and R. H. Moench

Trace Elements In-vestigations Report 304

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 'fHE INTERIOR v LL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

UNCLASSIFIED

Geology and Mineralogy

This document consists of 8 pages, plus 2 figureso Series Ao

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TEE INTERIOR v U .S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC AND VEIN MAPS OF PART OF TEE CENTRAL CH TY DI STRI CTv

GILPIN AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIESJ COLORADO*

By

June 1953

Trace Elements Investigations Report 304

This prelimin~ry report is dis­tributed without editorial and technical review for conformity with official standards and no= menclatureo Jt is not for pub­lic inspection or guotationo

•This report concerns work done on behalf of the Division of Eaw Materials of the Uo So Atomic Energy Commissiono

USGS - TEl-304

GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY

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FIG . I -INDEX MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE MAPPED AREA, Gl LPIN AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES, COLORADO

0 I Mile

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lOo llo l2o l3c l4o l5o l6o l?o l8o l9o GOo 2lo

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Effie ~/ Wood ; Old Wo.od ~/ Ross Shaft~/ East Calhoun ,_gj Gold King y West Calhoun ·.Y Kemp-Calhoun Mayflower Alps Y Mackie Tigress Ingomar 1/

Outer Kirk j/ Discovery Outer Y Polar Star JJ./ Ethan. Allen Delmonico

24o Pyrinees Y 25o Nimrod ~/ 26o 2?o 28o Charter Oak

J'29o 30o 3lo 32o 33o 34o 35 o 36o 37o 38o ~9o

r:;40o '' 4lo

42o

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Apex Delaware Jefferson=galhoun

Spring Day Extension ~

Arlington

Randolph Blanch M

Leavenworth Y

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TABLE TO ACCOMPANY FIGUBE 3

43 o Taylo~Leavenworth ~/ 44o Ayres=Leavenworth ~ 45o Eldorado ~/ 46o 47o 48o 49o 50o 5lo 52o 53o 54o 5~o 56o 57o 58o 59o 60o 6lo 62o 63o 64o 65~ 66o 67 0

68o 69o ?Oo ?lo ?2o 73o 74o ?5o 76o 77o 78o 79o BOo 8lo 82o 83o 84o

Bon Ton

Topeka West Topeka

Lynne (?) Gomer

Little Eddie

Trail

Russell Pride Ninety-one \ Nelson

Ohio

Perrin~ Hillhouse

Ventilation shaft Columbus Minnesota ·· Lotus Royal Ball

Niagara tunnel

Gopher

1:./ Blank_ where name not knowno ,; ~- Pitchblende produced or observed undergroundo ~/ Pitchblende on dumpo ~ Pitchblende reported but unconfirmedo

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. TABLE TO ACCOMPANY FIGURE 3-Continued

· List of Shafts and adi ts in part of the Central City dtitrict

85o 86o 8.7 0

8;80

89o 90o 9lo 92o 93o 94o

Wyandotte

Onoko 95o 96o 97o 98o 99o lOOa lOlo l02o 103o 104o 105o 106o 107o 108o 109o llOo

Gold Ring~ Barsh y :Sezant y

' lllo ll2o ll3o

. ll4o ll5o ll6o 117o ll8o ll9o 120o l2lo l22o 123o l24o 125o 126o 12?o 128o 129o

Fairfield Jupiter Saint Clair Belmont Pendleton (?) Q/ Peale (?) Gold Rock Y Beno Jo claim

North Scandia ~/ Last Chance

German~/ Belcher E}

Aetna East Kent (?)

Mitchell~/ Egyptian

Illinois Engle: (1)

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130o 13lo 132o 133o

. l34o 135o 136o 13?o 138o 139o 140o 14lo 142o 143o l44o 145o 146o 147o 148o 149o 150o 15lo 152o 153o 154o 165o 156o 157o 158o 159o 160o 16lo 162o 163o 164o 165o 166o 167o l68o 169o 170o : 17lo 172o 173o 174o

California

Eawley=Ga:rdner

Gard:ner

Gold Retort (?) ...

Ophi r-:Burroughs

Phoenix-Burroughs Mackey~ :Burroughs

Missouri (?) East Missouri (?)

Climax

-Gold Coin-Kansas First National-Kansas Uni versi ty•Kansas

Pease- Kansas

LaCrosse tunnel Dyke (?)

Q./ (?) indi.ca_tes claim name ·not definitely know.no

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TABLE TO ACCOMPANY FIGURE 3 . ~Continued

List of Shafts and. adits in part of the Central City d~~t~ict _

1?5o Pose 222o Gettysburg 176o 223o l77o 224o Great Mammoth (?) 178o English-Kansas 225o Peck 179o 226o Holland · 180o 227o Cataract 18lo 228o Centennial -18?. 0 229o West Cataract 183o 230o Ipavia 184o 23lo Cissler 185o ·Alger-Kansas · .. , 232o~

186o 233o. 187o Corydon -234o 188o Columbia tunnel 235o 189o Quartz Hill tunnel 236o ·Missouri 190~ Columbia (?) 237o 19lo 238o 192o Fourth of July (?) 239o 193o 240o l94o Barnes No o 2 (?) 24lo 195o Barnes Noo ·1 (?) 242o llest Russell ~/ 196 Q Extentuate ( 1) 243o Middle Russell 197o Confidence (?) 244o East Russell 198o Walhala. 245o Cra~e 199o Hecla (?) 246o Pipe 200o Hecla (?) 24?o Albasini 20lo Wright (?) 248o Chellew 202o Wright 249o Old Town:&/ 203o ·Wright 250o Waterloo 204o National 25lo 205o Gibson (?) 252o 206o Starcount (?) 253o 20?o Starcount (?) 254o

·, '·208o Continental 255o 209o Continental 256o 210o 257o 2llo Mat Frence ( 1) 258o Lillian 2l2o Gauntlet 259o 2l3o Gauntlet ( 1)

I 260o

2l4o Hayes and Wheeler (?) 26lo 2l5o Great Mammoth (?) 262o Forfar 2l6o Tropic 263o -Iron Duke 2l7o Great Mammoth 264o East Pewabic 2l8o 265o Richardson 2l9o 266o Pewabic Y GG0o 267 0 Iron ~I 22lo 268o

7

TAB~ TO ACCOMPANY FIGURE ~Continued

List of Shafts and adi~s in part of the Central City district

269o 270o 27lo 272o 273o 274o 275o

Golden Opportunity Bangor Santiago :Becky Sharp Paxton Federal Mill site

tunnel

276o Federal 277a . Robert Fulton 278o 279o 280o 28lo 282o 283o 284o 285o 286o 287o 288o 289 o 290 o 29l o 292o 293o 294o 295o 296o 297o 298o

·299o 300o 30lo 302o 303o 304o 305o 306o 307o 308o 309o 310o 3llo 3l2o 313o 3l4o 3l5o 3l6o

Rocky Mountain Terror East Rocky Mountain Terror Rubber

Home s t ake

Free coinage

Livingston Golden Cloud

Nashville John Lo Fanni e

Williams Rio Grande Crown Point and Virginia

:Slue :Sell

317o 3l8o 3l9o 320o 32lo 322o 323o 324o 325o ·326o -327o 328o 329o 330o 33lo 332o 33~o

334o 335o 336o 337o 338o 339o 340o 34lo 342o 343o 344o 345o 346o 347o 348o 349o 350o 35lo 352o 353o 354o 355o 356a 357o 358o 359o 360o 36lo 362a 363o 364o

Fairmont Tunnel

Belman Clarissa Blue Bell

Trio Tunnel

Slide

queen Bee

Willis Gulch

Druid

Aduddell

Frontenac

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TABLE TO ACCOMPANY FIGURE 3- Continued

List of Shaft's and adi ts in part of the ·central Gi ty. . . distrlct

365o Swift 366o Carcasonne 367o Colfax 368o 369o 370o 37lo 372o 373o 374o 375o 376o Caledonia claim 377. Little Ruth (?) claim 378" Little Ruth (?) claim 379o Little -Ruth (?) claim 380o Pure Gold claim 381" North Fairfield (?) 382o Shamrock ;. f?) 383 o Wautauga claim 384o 385o 386o Incidental claim 387o Incidental 388o 389o Lutz 390" Lutz claim 39lo Preston (1) 392" Royal claim 393o Silver Claim 394o Gui on claim 395o Mississippi (?) 396" Mi ssis.sippi claim 397o 398., 399o Pewabic No o 4 (?) 400o 40lo Timbuctoo claim

. 402o 403o 404o 405o Waltham 406" Gaston claim (?) 407" G~ston claim (?) 408" Saratoga No. 3 409" Saratoga Noo 2 410. Saratoga claim 4llo Saratoga Noo 1 412" Retriever claim

413" Retriever claim 414" ·East Centennial 4l5o 416" S. Co Booth claim 417" Pocahontas (?) claim 4l8o Come and See (?) claim 4l9o 420o Centre 42lo 422o Theodore (?) 423o Bismark 424o Imperial (?) 425o 426o 427o Nugge t 428o Nugget 429o 430 o 431" Merri mac 432o Wells 433o 434" Firenzi 435" Firenzi 436" Gladstone 437 0 (?) 438 " Good Luck (?) 439 o Grand Junction claim 440 " Pride claim 44lo Sarsfield claim 442o McAdams 443o 444o 445o 446. Denbigh 447o 448. 449o 450o 45l o 452o 453o 454o 455o Air Line claim 456 o Wau tauga 457o 458o 459" Pocahontas