| Deposit ID | 10017083 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC02851 |
| Record type | Site |
| Mineralized Area | Caribou Area |
| Current site name | Caribou Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Caribou Consolidated Group, Con. Silver Caribou Mines, Consolidated Caribou Silver Mines, Consolidated Caribou Silver Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.58333, 39.98139 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
| Relative position | Shaft labeled on topo. Center, N2, sec. 8. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Boulder(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nederland(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Boulder |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 01S | 73W | 05, 08 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Uranium | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Acanthite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pitchblende | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Monzogabbro | ||
| Rock unit name | Caribou stock | ||
| |||
| (2) | -105.58333, 39.98139 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | ore shoots localized at vein junctions and by changes in dip or strike |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1869 |
| District name | Grand Island-Caribou District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Consolidated Caribou Silver Mines |
| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Nederland Mines Inc. |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1917 |
| Year | 1874 |
|---|---|
| Material | 2570 g/mt silver (Copied from deleted record DC03396 = 10017387, which used Bull. 1030-N, p. 541, as the only citable source). This source says "Value of silver ore shipped from the mine before 1880 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | Idaho tunnel |
| Length | 1127.76M |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | Caribou Shaft |
| Overall depth | 307.84M |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | No-Name shaft |
| Overall depth | 182.88M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC02851 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC03396 | = 10017387, merged and deleted. |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 80130211 | = 10141957, merged and deleted. |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002195 | = 10090648, merged and deleted. |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC03292 | = 10017332, merged and deleted. |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC03293 | = 1001733, merged and deleted. |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC03391 | = 10017384, merged and deleted. |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 80130014 | Not an official duplicate, but worth consulting for more information. |
LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, P. 200-201, AND PL. 3 (NORTH HALF)
CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62
Calais Resources corporate info., accessed from internet on 12/20/2005.
Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
Moore, F. B., Cavender, W. S., and Kaiser, E. P., 1957, Geology and uranium deposits of the Caribou area, Boulder County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1030-N, pp. 517-552.
DMEA RECORDS
MINE MAP REPO # 401309 408176 408177 408173 408178
HENDERSON, 1929, USBM TECH. PAPER 439.
Smith, D. A., 2003, Silver saga, the story of Caribou, Colorado (rev. ed.): Boulder, University Press of Colorado, 230 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | Also see record 10214415. This is the same deposit, but the information in the record is so different, that it should be retained. |
| Deposit | ORE BODIES (uranium) TOO SMALL TO BE MINED ECONOMICALLY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1973-03-01 | Conservation Division Files | U.S. Geological Survey | also DC03396 = 10017387, and DC03292 = 10017332, and DC03293 = 10017333, and DC03391 = 10017384 |
| Updater | 2005-12-21 | Beach, Richard A. | Colorado Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 1977-01-01 | Hasler, J. William | U.S. Geological Survey | also D002195 = 10090648 |
| Editor | 2007-05-29 | Melton, Greg | U.S. Geological Survey | also DC03396 = 10017387, and D002195 = 10090648, and DC03292 = 10017332, and DC03293 = 10017333, and DC03391 = 10017384 |
| Editor | 2012-01-06 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 1983-11-17 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | 0080130211 = 10141957 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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