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Hildegarde

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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017399
MRDS ID DC03417
Record type Site
Current site name Hildegarde
Alternate or previous names Hildegarde, Oregon

Comments on the site identification

  • A.B. Wilson converted record for Hildegarde, Oregon to just Hildegarde. Oregon already has individual record 10108018.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.4486, 40.00489 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 150 ft. East of Oregon Shaft (see ColoMetalMining, 1960, p. 38)

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 33 SE4 of NE4 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Hildegarde is in SE4 of NE4 of Sec. 33, 150 ft. E of the Oregon shaft (which is only about 170 ft. NW of the Oregon Tunnel that is shown and labeled on topo).

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.4486, 40.00489
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boulder Tungsten

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vanadium Corp. of America
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner C.H. Smith
    Year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
  • Type of workings Surface

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE OF COLO. METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLO

  • Deposit

    USGS GOLD HILL TOPO QUAD, 1957, 7 1/2 MIN.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

  • Deposit

    Lovering and Tweto, 1953, USGS Prof. Paper 245, p. 157-159

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2007-05-18 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2014-01-14 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Converted record for Hildegarde, Oregon into record for only Hildegarde. See 10108018 for Oregon.

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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