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Grand View

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108359
MRDS ID DC05026
MAS/MILS ID 80130360
Record type Site
Current site name Grand View
Related records 10238801

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.37227, 40.05734 (WGS84)
Relative position On ridge between Salina and Sunshine. Locations estimated from sketch map in both PP-223 and Vanderwilt.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 01N 71W 8 SW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Telluride Ore
Ferberite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sylvanite Unknown
Hessite Unknown
Petzite Unknown
Calaverite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.37227, 40.05734
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 2000 UNITS. 600 FT INCLINED SHAFT, LEVELS AT 156 AND 250 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USGS BOULDER TOPO QUAD, 1957, 7 1/2 MIN

  • Deposit

    LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS P.P. 223, PL. 23.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

  • Deposit

    Vanderwilt, 1947, Mineral Resources of Colorado: Colorado Mineral Resources Board, p. 320, pl. 17, #66.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGHLY SILICEOUS TUNGSTEN ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2013-12-30 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080130360 = 10238801

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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