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Columbine

Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Copper
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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. 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018033
MRDS ID DC04727
Record type Site
Current site name Columbine
Alternate or previous names New Girl, Anderson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.3263, 40.11809 (WGS84)
Relative position NW 1/4 IN SPRUCE GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder(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 71W 22 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Columbite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Malachite Ore
Mica Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.3263, 40.11809
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: UNZONED PEGMATITE CONCORDANT TO MICA SCHIST. STRIKE N 45 E, DIPS STEEPLY SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Left Hand Creek Pegmatite

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 3: BERYL, COLUMBITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, PG. 302

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    USBM 1966, IC-8298, PG. 23

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS - ADIT WITH RAISE, OPEN STOPE, AND CROSS CUT; CAVED ADITS AND GLORY HOLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

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