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Black Prince Mine

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017530
MRDS ID DC03714
MAS/MILS ID 80130124
Record type Site
Current site name Black Prince Mine
Included sites Paymaster - Wheelman Tunnel (10017525)
Related records 10262867

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.38583, 40.00667 (WGS84)

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 71W 31 W of C Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.38583, 40.00667
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN CONSISTS OF THIN STRINGERS OF HORN QTZ, CARRYING FERBERITE, THAT INTERBRAID THRU THE BRECCIA ZONE OF THE LIVINGSTON FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Lessee
    Owner M & P Leasing Co.
    Year 1953
    First year 1943
    Last year 1944

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings 4 tunnels

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LANGENHEIM, 1947, CU MS THESIS, PG. 47.

  • Deposit

    BLM COLO CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

  • Deposit

    Lovering and Tweto, 1953, USGS Prof. Paper 245, p. 188.

  • Deposit

    Lovering and Goddard, 1950, USGS Prof. Paper 223, pl. 3.

  • Deposit

    Colorado Metal Mining Fund Board, 1960, Tungsten Mines of Colorado

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 also 0080130124 = 10262867
Editor 2013-12-19 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicates
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080130124 = 10262867

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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