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Silver Queen

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017311
MRDS ID DC03267
MAS/MILS ID 80130724
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Queen
Related records 10141749

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.46361, 39.97372 (WGS84)
Elevation 2400
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Coordinates are for ruin on north side of Middle Boulder Creek, about 1 mi. east of Tungsten on shared sec 8/sec. 9 line at 7875 ft. elev. Location uncertain.

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 01S 72W 9 SW4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.46361, 39.97372
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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 County Tungsten District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner V.P. Helburg
    Year 1960
    Last year 1944

Comments on the ownership information

  • OPERATOR V.P. HELBURG (PP-245, p. 157 says he's the owner)

Comments on the production information

  • No tungesten produced from tunnel; minor production from shaft on ridge 900 ft WSW of portal of Tunnel (see fig. 102, p. 157, PP-245). Produced less than 10,000 units (ColoMetalMiningFund, 1960).

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT 160 FT., 295 FT. DRIFT ON VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE OF COLO. METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLO.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

  • Deposit

    Lovering and Goddard, 1950, USGS Prof. Paper 223.`

  • Deposit

    Lovering and Tweto, 1953, USGS Prof. Paper 245.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1974-01-01 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080130724 = 10141749
Editor 2007-05-22 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2014-01-10 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record.

Beyond USGS

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

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