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Farwell Mine

Past Producer in Routt county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10118733
MAS/MILS ID 0081070045
Record type Site
Current site name Farwell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.88644, 40.84527 (WGS84)
Elevation 2865
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Routt(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hahns Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yampa(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Routt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.88644, 40.84527
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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 Hahns Peak

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAHN'S PEAK 7.5 QUADRANGLE

  • Deposit

    Neubert, J. T., 1994, Mineral appraisal of Routt National Forest, Colorado: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 13-94, 64 p., appendicies. (Samples 165-171)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WNW-TRENDING SHEARS IN GNEISS. CHALCOPYRITE, MOLYBDENITE. SEVERAL WORKINGS, INCLUDING A CAVED 250-M-LONG ADIT AND INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-AUG-1993 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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