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Balfour Mines

Past Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240084
MRDS ID D004843
MAS/MILS ID 0080930007
Record type Site
Current site name Balfour Mines
Related records 10107933

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.69279, 38.9208 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guffey NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 013 S 074 W 17 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.69279, 38.9208
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Hartsell

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Balfour Mines
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: MAS OCT 1976 FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-2283, DATED 1956. RADIOACTIVITY: 5XBG M BG AVERAGE. THE MINE PRODUCED A MINOR AMT. OF GOLD, CLOSED I CONTROLLER ADDRESS: BALFOUR MINES, C/O MR. D. DOWEL, 1625 JA AVE., AURORA, CO. THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 6-18, T. 13 S., R. SECS. 19-36, T. 12 S., R. 74 W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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