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Buckhorn

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10165594
MRDS ID DC03581
MAS/MILS ID 0080130150
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn
Alternate or previous names Bigthing
Related records 10108246

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.39869, 40.12682 (WGS84)
Elevation 2207
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Raymond(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Trace

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Laramide intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • vein deposit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jamestown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1888
    Period 1879-1888
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 18
    Major Silver Silver 226
    Major Gold Gold 87
  • Year 1931
    Period 1927-1931
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 13
    Major Silver Silver 87g/mt
    Major Gold Gold 23g/mt
  • Year 1932
    Period 1927-1932
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 25.4mt
    Major Lead Lead 13096.11mt
    Major Silver Silver 30699.13g
    Major Gold Gold 10326.35g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 405052, 405226, 408164 OWN/ ALLIED CHEM CO

  • Deposit

    REF. VANDERWILT "MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLO." P 324

  • Deposit

    LOVERING & GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, P. 278, FIG. 77

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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