Leadville Mining District

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Leadville_Mining_District
GPTKB entity
Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:cryptocurrency
gptkbp:centeredIn gptkb:Leadville,_Colorado
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Leadville_Historic_District
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Colorado_Silver_Boom
gptkbp:declinedAfter 1893
repeal of Sherman Silver Purchase Act
gptkbp:discoveredBy late 1850s
gptkbp:environmentalImpact Superfund site
gptkbp:EPAListing California Gulch Superfund Site
gptkbp:featureType gptkb:Leadville_Limestone
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major silver rush in the 1870s-1880s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Leadville Mining District
gptkbp:knownFor silver mining
lead mining
zinc mining
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Lake_County,_Colorado
gptkbp:mineralizationType carbonate replacement deposit
vein deposit
gptkbp:miningMethod underground mining
open-pit mining
gptkbp:miningPeaked 1880s
gptkbp:miningStarted 1859
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Ibex_Mine
gptkb:Little_Jonny_Mine
gptkb:Matchless_Mine
Black Cloud Mine
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Horace_Tabor
gptkb:Baby_Doe_Tabor
gptkb:Meyer_Guggenheim
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Colorado_Mineral_Belt
gptkbp:produced gptkb:gold
gptkb:lead
copper
silver
zinc
gptkbp:significantEvent 1879 Leadville miners' strike
gptkbp:status gptkb:historic_district
gptkbp:touristAttraction gptkb:National_Mining_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum
Leadville Colorado & Southern Railroad
Matchless Mine tour
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus not a World Heritage Site
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Geology_and_Mining_Industry_of_Leadville,_Colorado
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7