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Tenderfoot

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10117666
MAS/MILS ID 0080130781
Record type Site
Current site name Tenderfoot

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.48503, 39.98193 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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
5th Principal 1 S 72 W 8 NW1/4 NW1/4 NW1/4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.48503, 39.98193
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boulder Tungsten

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Wolf Tongue Mining Co
    Year 1972

Production statistics

  • Year 1929
    Period 1907-1929
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 2243WO3 13wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 402536

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 22-MAY-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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