Leadville mining district

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Leadville_mining_district

GPTKB entity

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:cryptocurrency
gptkbp:centeredIn	gptkb:Leadville,_Colorado
gptkbp:contains	Leadville National Historic Landmark District
gptkbp:contributedTo	gptkb:Colorado_Silver_Boom development of Leadville, Colorado
gptkbp:declinedAfter	1893
gptkbp:discoveredBy	late 1850s
gptkbp:environmentalImpact	Superfund site
gptkbp:featureType	gptkb:Mississippian_rocks gptkb:Leadville_Limestone Precambrian rocks
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	one of the richest silver mining districts in the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Leadville mining district
gptkbp:knownFor	gold mining silver mining lead mining
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Colorado gptkb:United_States gptkb:Lake_County,_Colorado
gptkbp:majorBoomPeriod	1870s
gptkbp:mineralizationType	carbonate replacement deposit manto deposit vein deposit
gptkbp:miningMethod	underground mining open-pit mining
gptkbp:miningStarted	1859
gptkbp:notableEvent	Silver Crash of 1893
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:Marshall_Field gptkb:Meyer_Guggenheim gptkb:David_May
gptkbp:oversees	gptkb:U.S._Environmental_Protection_Agency
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Colorado_Mineral_Belt
gptkbp:peakProductionYear	1880s
gptkbp:produced	gptkb:gold gptkb:uranium gptkb:lead gptkb:gallium gptkb:poisoning copper iron platinum silver zinc nickel manganese palladium tin molybdenum antimony iridium osmium rhodium ruthenium selenium tellurium tungsten vanadium bismuth cadmium indium germanium thallium silver-lead ore
gptkbp:status	limited mining activity
gptkbp:touristAttraction	gptkb:Leadville_Historic_District gptkb:National_Mining_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum Leadville Colorado & Southern Railroad Matchless Mine tour
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Original_Mine
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6