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Range View Mine

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108237
MRDS ID DC03447
MAS/MILS ID 80130674
Record type Site
Current site name Range View Mine
Alternate or previous names Range Veiw (misspelled)
Related records 10214900

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.44667, 40.00639 (WGS84)
Relative position IN GORDON GULCH ACROSS FROM OREGON AND QUAKER CITY MINES

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 34 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.44667, 40.00639
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Economic information

Comments on the ore body information

  • north and south veins, in granite, both productive. (ColoMetalMining, 1960, p. 61).

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS WITH FERBERITE AND HORN QTZ. IN GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1915-1918 AND 1942-1943

Mining district

District name Boulder Co. Tungsten Dist.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner COUGHLIN & HENDERSON
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Glen Coughlin
    Year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED $92,000 WORTH OF ORE, 1915-1918 AND 1942-1943 (ColoMetalMiningFund, 1960, p. 61)

Comments on the workings information

  • 180 ft crosscut; drifts on two veins.

Comments on development

  • DMEA contract extended workings in 1952-1953.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO NEW COMMERCIAL ORE DEPOSITS FOUND (DMEA-2320)

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
Editor 2014-01-13 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080130674 = 10214900

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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