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Carabou Mine

Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity Vanadium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017383
MRDS ID DC03389
Record type Site
Current site name Carabou Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.58392, 39.9811 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MI. W. OF NEDERLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nederland(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 73W 08 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.58392, 39.9811
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: URANIUM-BEARING MINERAL: PITCHBLENDE, ASSOC. MINERALS: PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, RUBY SILVER, NATIVE SILVER, QUARTZ, CARBONATE MINERALS, BARITE, ARGENTITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1871-1960

Mining district

District name Caville

Comments on the production information

  • PLACERS WORKED ALONG SO. BOULDER CR GRAND ISLAND, & ELDORA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 29-MAY-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.