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Hoosier Mine

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108216
MRDS ID DC03253
MAS/MILS ID 80130407
Record type Site
Current site name Hoosier Mine
Alternate or previous names Hoosier Tungsten Mine, Hoosier
Related records 10165646

Comments on the site identification

  • Although there was a "Hoosier Extension" record, no mine by that name was found in the literature cited.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.49861, 39.97483 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position Alt. 8,410 ft., W flank of Hurricane Hill, about 400 ft. NE of Phillip Extension Shaft. Location relative to other nearby mines shown on PP-245, pl. 5.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tungsten(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(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 01S 72W 7 C of W2 of W2 of W2 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Aplite

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.49861, 39.97483
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • FERBERITE AND HORN QUARTZ ON FISSURE VEINS IN SCHIST, PEGMATITE, AND APLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Conger and Wanamaker
Production years earlier, 1907-1919, 1923-1925, >1942.

Mining district

District name Boulder County Tungsten District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner JOHNSON BROTHERS AND PRIME
  • Type Operator
    Owner Naylor and George Todd
    Year 1953
    First year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCOVERY OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF NEW ORE RESERVE (DMEA Docket 3173)
Deposit Hoosier record contains information from former "Hoosier Extension" record DC03253 = 10165646. The former Hoosier Extention record had no citable reference and was therefore unverifiable.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey also DC03207 = 10108211
Updater 1974-01-01 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey also DC03207 = 10108211
Editor 2007-05-23 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2014-01-16 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted mulitple duplicate records
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080130407 = 10165646, 0080130406 = 10214872
Reporter 1978-04-01 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey DC03207 = 10108211, D003276 = 10009961

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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