Hubnerite Mine

Occurrence in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016347
MRDS ID DC00994
Record type Site
Current site name Hubnerite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.46867, 38.70417 (WGS84)
Relative position N. SIDE OF CUMBERLAND PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumberland Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East-Taylor(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison 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 Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 15S 81W 32 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.46867, 38.70417

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 VEINS, 4-8 IN THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1953-1954

Mining district

District name Cumberland Pass

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLO. METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, P. 39

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN WAS CROSSCUT 40 FT. FROM PORTAL, ASSAYING 2.67 PERCENT OVER 2 1/2 FT. NO DRIFTING DONE. AN ADDITIONAL 60 FT. OF CROSSCUT CUT 8 FT. OF LESS THAN ONE PERCENT; ALSO 6 IN. OF 17 PERCENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.