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Last Chance No. 1

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017314
MRDS ID DC03270
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.49698, 39.97555 (WGS84)

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 12 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

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 Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.49698, 39.97555
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN IN APLITE AND PEGMATITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boulder Tungsten

Comments on the production information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PITS. LESS THAN 1000 UNITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 23-MAY-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

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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