Vasco No. 1 Mine

Past Producer in Boulder 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017308
MRDS ID DC03262
MAS/MILS ID 80130824
Record type Site
Current site name Vasco No. 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Vasco No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.48417, 39.97539 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ON E FLANK OF HURRICANE HILL ABOUT 1/2 MI. N OF TUNGSTEN. 2900 ft. S of NE Corner Sec. 7. In SE corner of junction of Tervarton Gulch Rd. with Ridge Rd.

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 07; 08 C of E edge; NW4 of SW4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore
Scheelite 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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.48417, 39.97539

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • FERBERITE AND QTZ. IN SHEAR ZONE VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nederland
District name Boulder County Tungsten District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cold Spring Tungsten, Inc.
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner P.H. Bennett
    Year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings 220 ft shaft, 4 levels

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1974-01-01 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2007-05-22 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2014-01-07 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records
Reporter 1978-07-01 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey D003621 = 10107913
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080130824 = 10117563

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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