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White Raven

Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018122
MRDS ID DC04858
Record type Site
Current site name White Raven
Related records 10238307

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.50476, 40.05859 (WGS84)
Relative position N. SIDE OF CALIFORNIA GULCH, 3/4 MI S. OF WARD SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ward(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 01N 73W 12 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.50476, 40.05859
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN FOLLOWS CONTACT OF QTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY DIKE WITH GRAY COARSE GRAINED GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1913-1935

Mining district

District name Ward

Comments on the production information

  • $800,000 LEAD AND SILVER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAHLSTROM, 1935, AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 20, NO. 5, PG 377

  • Deposit

    LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PG. 210-211, PL. 3 (N)

  • Deposit

    WORCESTER, 1921, COLO. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 21, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 21-MAY-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

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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