Kekionga-Magnolia Vein

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10108212
MRDS ID DC03209
Record type Deposit
Current site name Kekionga-Magnolia Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.38, 39.98289 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tungsten(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(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 01S 71W 06, 07 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SEE PLATE 22, PP-223.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sylvanite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80
Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins
Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.38, 39.98289

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SYLVANITE IN SMALL BLADES IN HORN QUARTZ, ACCOMPANIED BY PYRITE AND SOME SPHALERITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Magnolia

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL: $500,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS. P. P. 223, P. 234

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2007-05-23 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2014-01-16 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

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.