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Blue Jay

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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017404
MRDS ID DC03426
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.415, 40.00472 (WGS84)
Relative position HIGH ON N. SLOPE OF MIDDLE BOULDER CR. CANYON

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 Colorado

Comments on the location information

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

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.415, 40.00472
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL AND TIGHT VEIN IN GRANITE, STRIKES N 65 E DIPS 70 NW. THIN VEINLETS OF HORNY FERBERITE IN PARTS OF VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1953

Mining district

District name Boulder Tungsten

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W.D. Brown
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMEA RECORDS

  • Deposit

    BLM COLO CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DISCOVERY OF COMMERCIAL ORE

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 2014-01-28 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

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