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Luckie No. 2

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015980
MRDS ID DC00096
MAS/MILS ID 80130493
Record type Site
Current site name Luckie No. 2
Alternate or previous names Luckie 2, Smith, Luckie 2, Lucky Two, Luckie Two
Related records 10141243

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.40694, 40.00206 (WGS84)
Relative position A few hundred feet west of the junction of Middle and North Boulder Creeks.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(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 01N 72W 36 SW4 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • in Middle Boulder Canyon, just above North Boulder Creek confluence (ColoMetalMining, 1960, p. 47)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

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

(1) -105.40694, 40.00206
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUNGSTEN MINERALIZ. IN CHALCEDONIC QTZ VEINS OF TERTIARY AGE CUTTING PRECAMB. GRANITE AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS. MINUTE CRYS. OF FERBERITE DISSEM. THRU FINE GR. QTZ (HORN ORE), AND COARSELY CRYS. FERBERITE FORMING BRECCIA WITH COUNTRY ROCK AND EARLY QTZ VEINS (SOFT ORE)(Sharps, 1965, p. 4, applies to district as a whole)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1914, 1915-1916, 1927-1931, 1936-1942.

Mining district

District name Boulder County Tungsten District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner County of Boulder
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ray and Ernest Betasso
    Year 1960
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold, Silver, & Tungsten, Inc.
    Year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • BETWEEN 10,000 AND 100,000 UNITS WO3 (Sharps, 1965, p. 4). Over 72,000 units (ColoMetalMining, 1960, p. 47)
  • Production 1914 estimated 2,500 to 5,000 units valued at $25,000. Production peaked in 1915-1916. Also produced 1927-1931, and 1936-1942. Production dropped markedly in 1942. (PP-245, p. 169)

Comments on the workings information

  • Lower crosscut portal below highway. 2 main crosscuts, the lower being 970 feet in length. Development was on Luckie 2 and Lookout veins. Workings now inaccessible. (ColoMetalMining, 1960, p. 47)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHARPS, 1965, COLO SCH MINES MIN IND BULL, V. 8, NO. 5, 16 p.

  • Deposit

    COLO BOM 1940 LIST

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO[sitory] # 407459, 408471

  • Deposit

    CSM 63 [A.B. Wilson was unable to verify what this refers to]

  • Deposit

    Vanderwilt, 1947, Mineral Resources of Colorado, p. 330.

  • Deposit

    Lovering and Goddard, 1950, USGS Prof. Paper 223, pl. 3.

  • Deposit

    Lovering and Tweto, 1953, USGS Prof. Paper 245, p. 169-170.

  • Reference

    Colorado Metal Mining Fund Board, 1960, Tungsten Mines in Colorado.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST TUNGSTEN VEINS 6IN TO 3FT THICK (Sharps, 1965, p. 4, applies to district as a whole)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1972-07-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2007-05-18 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey also 10141243.
Editor 2013-12-31 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records.
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080130496 = 10238862, and MAS 0080130493 = 10141243

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