| Deposit ID | 10214205 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC03394 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080130016 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Alton Tunnel |
| Alternate or previous names | Pine Grove |
| Related records | 10017385 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.5392, 39.96805 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 3140 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Boulder(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nederland(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Boulder |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 001 S | 073 W | 08 | NWSW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Silver | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Model code | 46 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 15a |
| Deposit model name | W veins |
| Ore Body (1) | -105.5392, 39.96805 |
|---|
| Area | 1HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1909 |
| District name | Boulder Tungsten |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Randal W. Wimberley 25 Minquil Dr. Newark N. J. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New Jersey |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 770M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080130016 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC03394 | MAS references MRDS |
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ALTON TUNNEL WAS CONNECTED TO PINE GROVE WORKINGS ABOUT 1916 MINE HAS BEEN INACTIVE SINCE ABOUT 1917 ALTON MILL-ON SITE WAS EQUIPED TO HANDLE SILVER,GOLD OR TUNG |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Unknown | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Updater | 29-MAY-0007 | Melton, Greg | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.