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Big Cameron

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214683
MAS/MILS ID 80130108
Record type Site
Current site name Big Cameron

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.48889, 39.974 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Big Cameron Shaft is approx. 557 ft west of quarter corner of Sec. 7 (shared section line with sec. 8). About 75ft. west of Jack-Summit, however, said summit is not labeled on map so location is uncertain.

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 SE4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.48889, 39.974
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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 Boulder Tungsten

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner BROWN, MOSCH & MOSCH
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hetzer Mines, Inc.
    Year 1953
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cold Spring Tungsten, Inc.
    Year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings 114 ft shaft
    Overall depth 34.74M
  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings 178 ft. drifts
    Overall length 54.25M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2007-05-23 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 2014-01-28 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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