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Walker Ranch

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017381
MRDS ID DC03378
MAS/MILS ID 80130839
Record type Site
Current site name Walker Ranch
Related records 10166105

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.3134, 39.93339 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position SECTION 28, ABOUT 4 MILES FROM BOULDER, VIA FLAGSTAFF MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY. (ColoMetalMIning, 1960)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eldorado Springs(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

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 01S 71W 28 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. APPROX.; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.3134, 39.93339
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Economic information

Comments on the ore body information

  • HORN TYPE ORE (ColoMetalMining, 1960)
  • "Said to be 5 in. of 20% ore in shaft bottom" (ColoMetalMining, 1960)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dr. O.I. and Bertha N. Taylor
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner S. Clyde
    Year 1960
    Last year 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings 80 ft shaft, short drifts
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • 80FT. SHAFT, SHORT DRIFTS

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

    COLO BOM 1943 LIST

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
Editor 2014-01-07 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0080130839 = 10166105

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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