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Roosevelt

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108264
MRDS ID DC03900
MAS/MILS ID 80130704
Record type Site
Current site name Roosevelt
Alternate or previous names Roosevelt Claim, Roosevelt Lease, Roosevelt Tunnel
Related records 10263264

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.3925, 40.00483 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3,400 ft. N72W of mouth of Black Tiger Gulch at 7,535 ft. elev. Annie L. shaft is 900 ft WSW of Roosevelt at 7,565 ft. elev. (Roosevelt claim shown on pl. 2 of PP-245, crossing the ridge west of Black Tiger Gl.)

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 36 C of E2 of E2 of E2 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.3925, 40.00483
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Economic information

Comments on the ore body information

  • Crystalline and horn ore. (ColoMetalMining, 1960)

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN FOLLOWED 3 APLITE DIKES THROUGH GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1916-1918, 1943-1944

Mining district

District name Boulder County Tungsten District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joseph Rafter
    Home office Sugar Loaf, CO
    Year 1953
    First year 1916
    Last year 1918
  • Type Operator
    Owner H.K. Glancy
    Home office (only the Roosevelt)
    Year 1953
    First year 1943
    Last year 1944
  • Type Operator
    Owner Thayer and McClellan
    Home office (only the Annie L.)
    Year 1953
    First year 1943
    Last year 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • 350 FT ADIT. 150 FT SHAFT WITH 3 LEVELS Connects with Annie L. adit trough a winze. Caved adit below Roosevelt tunnel. (ColoMetalMining, 1960). Annie L. shaft is 120 ft with 2 levels, turned east (ColoMetalMining, 1960, p. 10)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE OF COLO. METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLO.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

  • Deposit

    Lovering and Tweto, 1953, USGS Prof. Paper 245.

  • Deposit

    COLO BOM 1952 LIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1974-01-01 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2007-05-18 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2014-01-07 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record. Confirmed that various Roosevelts are the same.
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080130704 = 10263264

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