Alice Mine

Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017418
MRDS ID DC03451
Record type Site
Current site name Alice Mine
Related records 10165942

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.39865, 40.12248 (WGS84)
Relative position NE 1/4, ON SLOPING TERRACE ON W SIDE OF PORPHYRY MT., 1 MI. N 26 W OF JAMESTONE

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 02N 72W 24 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.39865, 40.12248

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE MIN: GALENA, TENNANTITE, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years 1913-1917

Mining district

District name Jamestown

Comments on the production information

  • $150,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PG 273.

  • Deposit

    GODDARD, COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 1, PG. 30

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO 2, PG. 182

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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