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Herald

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017403
MRDS ID DC03424
MAS/MILS ID 80130389
Record type Site
Current site name Herald
Alternate or previous names Herold (misspelled )
Related records 10190424

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.42111, 40.009 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position ruin labeled Herald Mine on topo. At alt. 7,680 ft; on north side of North Boulder Creek, aobut 1,000 ft N55W of Livingston Mill (PP-245)

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 35 SW4 of NE4 of NW4 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Herald Mine labeled on topo.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Telluride Ore
Ferberite Trace

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.42111, 40.009
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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
    Owner Maude Coughlin Estate
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner John W. Christy
    Year 1960
    Last year 1952
  • Type Operator
    Owner Earl Craig
    Year 1938
  • Type Operator
    Owner E.W. Webb
    Year 1933

Comments on the production information

  • In 1938, Earl Craig shipped ore ranging from 0.26 6o 2.42 oz per ton gold. Some ore assayed 18 opt Au. (PP-245, p. 172-173). ColoMiningFund, 1960, p. 38 suggests that there has not been production of Tungsten from this mine. It is a gold mine.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground

Comments on the workings information

  • Inclined shaft; 3 levels at 71, 118, and 197 ft. (see fig. 116, p. 173, in PP-245, and ColoMiningFund, 1960)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS GOLD HILL TOPO QUAD, 1957, 7 1/2 MIN

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BLM COLO CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

  • Deposit

    COLO. BOM 1947 LIST

  • Deposit

    Lovering and Goddard, 1950, USGS PP-223 (Herold)

  • 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
Editor 2007-05-18 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2013-12-30 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records.
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080130389 = 10190424 and 0080130392 = 10190375

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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