Fraction Lode

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017400
MRDS ID DC03420
MAS/MILS ID 80130316
Record type Site
Current site name Fraction Lode
Alternate or previous names Fraction
Related records 10117615

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.4297, 40.00429 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(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 01N 72W 34 ; 35 E2; W2 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.4297, 40.00429

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN STRIKES N 30 E DIPS 85 SE. CONTAINS STRINGERS OF FERBERITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1955
Production years unknown, 1955

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner HAUCK, SIMMS & TONKINSON
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Vanadium Corporation of America
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMEA RECORDS, Docket DMEA-3502, accessed 23 Dec., 2013 at http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/co.htm

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO[sitory] # 405916

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080130316
Editor 2013-12-23 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records. Corrected location so that coordinates match PLSS description in ColoMiningFund, 1960.

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.