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Minnie

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091321
MRDS ID DC03715
Record type Site
Current site name Minnie
Alternate or previous names Minnie and Ohio

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Main Entrance -105.3694, 40.00849 (WGS84) 1000 Location uncertain. Described as NW4 sec. 32, and south of Ohio Mine. BUT, Ohio is in the NE4. To be south, it should be in the SE4, not NW4. There is a cluseter of unnamed mines at the end of an old road south of the Ohio mine in the C of S2 of NE4 that could be the Minnie.
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Main Entrance -105.3608, 40.00844 (WGS84) 100 Potential alternate location south of Ohio Mine. Cluster of workings about 400 to 500 m south of Ohio.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder(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 32 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Location uncertain. Should plot south of Ohio mine (10009772), not west.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.3694, 40.00849
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Main Entrance (2) -105.3608, 40.00844
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1955

Mining district

District name Boulder Tungsten

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner L.A. Cole
    Year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
  • Type of workings Surface

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2014-01-14 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey removed Ohio from this record so Minnie stands alone. See Ohio 10009772.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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