Gale

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214153
MRDS ID DC03254
MAS/MILS ID 80130321
Record type Site
Current site name Gale
Related records 10017301

Comments on the site identification

  • Associated with Clyde and Lily mines.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.49833, 39.97928 (WGS84)
Elevation 2522
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position South side of Sherwood Gulch.

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 072W 7 NW4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.49833, 39.97928

Economic information

Comments on the ore body information

  • NO NEW ORE RESERVES DISCOVERED (DMEA Docket 2810)

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 VEINS IN WALL ROCK OF GRANITE GNEISS, APLITE, PEGMATITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boulder County Tungsten

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner HAROLD & TOMMY WILLIAMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO[sitory] # 402429, 405907

  • Deposit

    DMEA Dockets DMEA-3483 (Gale Mine) and DMEA-2810 (Clyde-Gale-Lily Group)

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

  • Deposit

    Lovering and Tweto, 1953, USGS Prof. Paper 245, p. 117-120.

  • Deposit

    Colorado Metal Mining Fund Board, 1960, Tungsten Mines of Colorado.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey DC03254 = 10017301
Reporter 1974-01-01 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey DC03254 = 10017301
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2007-05-24 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey also DC03254 = 10017301
Editor 2013-12-30 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.