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Red Lode Claim

Occurrence in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009926
MRDS ID D003214
MAS/MILS ID DC03704
Record type Site
Current site name Red Lode Claim
Alternate or previous names Red Lode Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.36428, 40.01505 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position JUST N. OF BUMMER GULCH ROAD. (Probably in SE4 Sec. 29)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(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 001N 071W 29 SE4 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Original PLSS data for this record listed location in Sec. 30. Alternate record placed it in SE4 sec. 29. That is the location used here.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DMA-1400 report says "This is a location claim on which there are several old shafts and tunnels driven in search of gold." It does not state if gold was actually found. It goes on to say that "Although tungsten is known at places on the Hoosier reef, no trace of tungsten was seen in any of the workings on the Red Lode claim, except possibly in one small pit now being worked by Mr. Blystad. The silicified granite in this pit contains small veinlets of specular hematite which the applicant has apparently confused with ferberite. In a few small siliceous veinlets, the hematite has a slightly brownish streak and may contain a little ferberite."

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.36428, 40.01505
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Economic information

Comments on the ore body information

  • NO TRACE OF TUNGSTEN IN WORKINGS EXCEPT A SMALL PIT WORKED BY APPLICANT [see DMA-1400]. NO COMMERCIAL QUANTITY.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ON HOOSIER BRECCIA REEF.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boulder Tungsten

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Leonard N. Blystad
    Home office 502 Highland Ave. Boulder, CO
    Year 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1978-04-01 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2014-01-13 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record
Reporter 1973-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey DC03704 = 10017521

Beyond USGS

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