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Humboldt, Sparten, Splendor

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090673
MRDS ID D002444
MAS/MILS ID 80130006
Record type Site
Current site name Humboldt, Sparten, Splendor
Alternate or previous names Escanaba and Humbolt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.388, 40.11389 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position A.B. Wilson corrected location to somewhere closer to Jamestown, per description in OME-6122. Still not a good location.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(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)

Big Thompson(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 002N 071W 19 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Drive to Jamestown, Co. 1 block from store south turn up hill take first right hand road, very accessible. 1/4 mile from Jamestown below dump of old Jamestown tunnel driven 1500 feet for gold at the base of Porphyry Mt. (Note that original record is hand written in old-style cursive and mostly lacking in punctuation).

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.388, 40.11389
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jamestown

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner E.A. Baumgartner
    Home office Rte 3 - Box 389 Boulder, CO
    Year 1961
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Robert Gerhard
    Home office Star Route Bally, PA
    Year 1961

Comments on the ownership information

  • Application states that Humbold(sic) and Escanaba are patented and belon to Mrs. C.W. Atkinson, 1013 Mapleton St., Boulder, CO. Atomic and Spartan are unpatented and belon to Mrs Clark (illegible) Clark, 55 Emerald St, Broomfield Heights, Colo. Hidden Splendor Nos. 1 and 2, also unpatented, belong to Mr. R.E. Blasker (illegible), Rte 3, Box 13, Boulder, Co. (OME_6122)

Comments on the production information

  • "of Fluorspar, Atomic has no produciton record."

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Escanaba & Humbolt were mined aobut 50 years ago [as of 1961] for gold, silver, lead, zinc, copper.
General OME-6122 is very difficult to read. But if this property is important, the user should make the effort to fully transpose that record.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-04-01 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2013-12-17 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Revised names to match OME-6122
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines Escanoba (sic) Fluorspar. 0080130006 = 10117304

Beyond USGS

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

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