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Ling Mine

Past Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090563
MRDS ID D000466
Record type Site
Current site name Ling Mine
Alternate or previous names North Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.10338, 39.37916 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Breckenridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008S 078W 04 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Mine is high on the north slope of North Star Mountain, in SW/4 sec. 3, T 8 S, R 78 W, about 8 miles SSW of Breckenridge. Workings extend through the mountain to the south side (in Park County).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Idaho Springs Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.10338, 39.37916
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Ling vein strikes NW and consists of a quartz vein, averages 5 feet wide with streaks of high-grade ore, that was worked on a small scale and produced small amounts of "good gold ore".

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Blue River Area

Comments on the production information

  • More than $100,000 in gold produced from 1884 to 1934 (about 5,000 oz. at $20/oz.).
  • 3600 lbs (1.8 t) of high-grade, sorted ore shipped to a smelter in the 1950s from "heavily enriched portion of vein" was valued at $250 per ton. (Sunshine files)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 King, Robert U., Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 27-MAY-1993 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 24-JAN-2006 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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