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Red Signe Mine

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091325
MRDS ID DC03728
MAS/MILS ID 80130681
Record type Site
Current site name Red Signe Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Signe, Red Sign (misspelled)
Related records 10117157

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.3734, 40.00069 (WGS84)
Elevation 1928
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position Adit labeled on topo. NEXT TO BOULDER CANYON HWY, ABOUT 7 MI. W. OF BOULDER at Wheelman, about 1/3 mile east of Sunnyside.

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 01N 71W 32 W2 of SW4 of SW4 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • At extreme east edge of Boulder County Tungsten District, as defined by Lovering and Tweto, 1953.
  • Description of location in ColoMetalMining, 1960, p. 62 does not agree with labeled adit on topo map. The former puts the mine in Sec. 31, the latter it is just barely into adjacent Sec. 32.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore
Gold Ore
Telluride Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.3734, 40.00069
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Economic information

Comments on the ore body information

  • A 2-product mine. Crystallized and horn tungsten was mined in the western, lower section of the workings; gold, both free and in tellurides, in the eastern, upper section. (ColoMetalMining, 1960, p. 62).

Comments on the geologic information

  • FISSURE VEIN WITH STEEP BUT VARIABLE DIP TO N. (60-75)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on exploration

  • Potential: 40 ft X 15 ft of 3% to 4% shows in the bottom, under the creek. Wrokings are very wet from creek seepage. (ColoMetalMining, 1960, p. 62)

Mining district

District name Magnolia
District name Boulder County Tungsten District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner A.T. Barr
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner Sid West
    Home office (RFC loan in 1943)
    Year 1960
    First year 1943
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cleveland and Horton
    Year 1953
    First year 1943
    Last year 1944
  • Type Owner
    Owner George Teal
    Year 1953
    First year 1945
    Last year 1945

Comments on the production information

  • WORKINGS-ADIT, INCLINED, SHAFT, DRIFT, STOPE, ETC. (see fig. 134, p. 193, in PP-245)
  • Produced both tungsten and gold ores in substantial quantities (PP-245, p. 191). Produced about 6,000 units WO3 (ColoMetalMining, 1960, p. 62)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 adits, 3 shafts, 3 winzes (ColoMetalMining, 1960, p. 62)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2014-01-13 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted and corrected duplicate records.
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080130680 and 0080130681.

Beyond USGS

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

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