Vasco No. 7

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10263279
MRDS ID DC03264
MAS/MILS ID 0080130827
Record type Site
Current site name Vasco No. 7
Related records 10017309

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.48281, 39.97555 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
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

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.48281, 39.97555

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1915-1945
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 6500WO3 10wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 407557,407557 AND OTHERS; CSM 104

  • Deposit

    REF USGS PROF PAPER 223 PLATE 3 REF. VANDERWILT

  • Deposit

    "MINERAL RES OF COLO." P 330 NOTE: VASCO GROUP CONSIST OF 5

  • Deposit

    HAVING 10 SHAFTS OR ADITS. MINES ARE NAME BY THE SHAFTS NUMB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 22-MAY-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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