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Rake-Off and Lily Veins

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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017303
MRDS ID DC03256
Record type Deposit
Current site name Rake-Off and Lily Veins
Related records 10238385

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.49889, 39.98222 (WGS84)

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 01S 72W 7 Colorado
6th Principal 01S 073W 12 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Lily in Sec. 7, Rake-off in Sec. 12. (See fig. 77, p. 116, PP-245)

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 Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.49889, 39.98222
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NE STRIKING VEINS IN APLITE AND GNEISSIC APLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nederland

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vanadium Corp. of America (Rake-off mine)
    Year 1953
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wolf Tongue Mining Co. (Lily tunnel)
    Year 1953

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO REMAINING COMMERCIAL MINERALIZATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2007-05-24 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2013-12-18 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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