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Wheeler

Producer in Park 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. 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 10018125
MRDS ID DC04862
Record type Site
Current site name Wheeler
Alternate or previous names Andes Mine, Sweet Home Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -106.1154, 39.36734 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 08S 78W 09,14,33 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -106.1154, 39.36734
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alma

Comments on the production information

  • MINOR AU, PB, ZN, AG, CU AS BYPRODUCTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHARPS, 1965: CSM MIN. IND. BULL., VOL. 8, NO. 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files 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

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