Bond Ranch Mine

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013087
MRDS ID D009184
Record type Site
Current site name Bond Ranch Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.10279, 38.58557 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 11.8 MILES N 35 E FROM CANON CITY, Center Of West Half

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phantom Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 017S 069W 10 W2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN EIGHT MILE CREEK, PHANTOM CANYON, 22 MILES NORTH OF CANON CITY OVER STATE HWY 67 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Augen Gneiss
    Rock description Augen Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wall Rock Control; Wolframite In Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eight Mile Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward Roberts
    First year 1960

Production statistics

  • Year 1919
    Period World War I
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^58% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 58wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Collins, Donna B. Colorado 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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