Wild Tiger Mine

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091308
MRDS ID DC03448
MAS/MILS ID 80130922
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Tiger Mine
Related records 10238693

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.40722, 40.009 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position N. SLOPE OF N. BOULDER CR., 2.3 MI. BY ACCESS RD. SE. OF SUGARLOAF. 1/4 mi. NW of Good Friday Mine (which is labeled on topo)

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 72W 35; 36 NE4; NW4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Telluride Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.40722, 40.009

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • MT. PISGAH VEIN OF WILD TIGER PROSPECT FOLLOWS A FAULT IN PORPHRITIC GNEISSIC GRANITE. STRIKES N 45 W TO N 60 W DIPS 55-80 NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boulder Co. Tungsten Dist.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Albert B. Pace (and PHILIP J JERRY?)
    Year 1955
  • Type Lessee
    Owner W.R. Cochran
    Year 1955

Comments on the ownership information

  • ColoMetalMining, 1960 lists Robert Cochran as owner, A.B. Pace as the last operator. This is at odds with information in the DMEA application which suggests appllicant Cochran leased the property from owner Pace.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings 2 shafts, one adit

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVE 3-5 PERCENT WO3. LOW GRADE ORE
Deposit 60 ft. shaft produced the tungsten ore. Adit was on low grade gold ore. (ColoMetalMining, 1960)

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 0080130922 = 10238693
Reporter 2014-01-07 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines 0080130922 = 10238693

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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