Invincible

Occurrence in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018178
MRDS ID DC05012
Record type Site
Current site name Invincible
Related records 10117528

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.39383, 40.12268 (WGS84)
Relative position CENTRAL W. EDGE. BASE OF PORPHYRY MTN., 3300 FT. N 14 W OF JAMESTOWN

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 71W 19 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.39383, 40.12268

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CHIEFLY A GOLD MINE, BUT SOME FLUORSPAR PRODUCED FROM S PART OF VEIN. INTERSECTING FLUORSPAR VEINS A FEW INCHES TO 5 FT. WIDE. FINE GR. FLUORITE, CLAY MINERALS, QTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jamestown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GODDARD, COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO.1, PG. 43, PL. 1&2.

  • Deposit

    BLM COLO CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

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.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.