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Tungsten (Chance) Mine

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009793
MRDS ID D003006
MAS/MILS ID 80130802
Record type Site
Mineralized Area Boulder Tungsten District
Current site name Tungsten (Chance) Mine
Alternate or previous names Tungsten Lode Mine, Tungsten, Tungsten Lode, Chance Mine
Related records 10117239

Comments on the site identification

  • The reason A.B. Wilson mered 0080130798 (10141829) with this record is because the data souce was cited as PP-223, pl. 3. This is the only Tungsten mine on that plate.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.49722, 39.94122 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position Tungsten shaft shown and labeled on topo. North of Beaver Creek, on west side of the drainage west of Tungsten Mountain.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tungsten(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 001S 072W 19 SW4 of SW4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.49722, 39.94122
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boulder Tungsten (Beaver Creek area)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tungsten Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner George Cowdery
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-12-01 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2007-05-22 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2013-12-20 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records. Disambiguated with Tungsten King, to the NE in Magnolia district.
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080130802 = 10117239

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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