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Paymaster-Wheelman Tunnel

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017525
MRDS ID DC03708
Record type Site
Current site name Paymaster-Wheelman Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Pennsylvania, Black Crystal, Black Prince, Mac Group, Paymaster Consolidated

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-105.3892, 40.0086 (WGS84)
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-105.37476, 40.00443 (WGS84) 100

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 71W 31 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • North side of Boulder Creek, near CO Hwy 119, adjoins Red Signe to east; two adits plus pits and trenches in NE/4 SE/4 sec.31, T1N, R71W. Previous site names Black Crystal, Black Prince, Mac Group, and Pennsylvania (above) appear to be separate nearby mines.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Reports show assays high in gold (to 40 oz/t).
  • Gold telluride minerals present.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore
Gold Ore
Telluride Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80
Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.3892, 40.0086
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(2) -105.37476, 40.00443
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Veins bearing gold, gold tellurides, and tungsten adjacent to Livingston breccia reef, a major NW-trending fault zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boulder Tungsten District

Comments on the production information

  • About 250 units WO3; small production in 1955. Gold produced also, according to reports, but no record of significant gold production was found.

Comments on the workings information

  • Wheelman adit close to hwy. 500 ft long bearing north
    Paymaster adit ~75 feet higher, 260 ft long on an easterly vein
    Ref.: CO MMFB, 1960, on Paymaster-Wheelman Tunnel
  • Paymaster Consolidated group: Pat'd claims are Winner, Teddy #1,2,3, Morning Star, Blue Jay, Oklahoma (unpat'd)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

  • Deposit

    Colorado Metal Mining Fund Board, 1960, Tungsten mines of Colorado: 78 p.

  • Deposit

    Lovering, T. S., and Tweto, O. L., Geology and ore deposits, Boulder County tungsten district, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 245, p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FULL INFO BY MINE NAME IN REFERENCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 22-DEC-05 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 18-MAY-07 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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