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Alice Open Pit

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10165942
MRDS ID DC03451
MAS/MILS ID 0080130001
Record type Site
Current site name Alice Open Pit
Related records 10017418

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -105.39589, 40.12918 (WGS84)
Elevation 2194
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

Raymond(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized
  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Laramide intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jamestown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1927
    Period 1913-1927
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 41888.34mt 2.2
    Major Gold Gold 12659.11g 6g/mt
    Major Silver Silver 2283493.16g 1115g/mt
    Major Lead Lead 483527.65mt 23

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 402332, 404633, 404835, 405052, 405053, 40

  • Deposit

    405060, 405224 OWN/ALLIED CHEMICAL CORP

  • Deposit

    REF. VANDERWILT "MINERAL RESOURCESREF USGS PROF PAPER 223 PL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-FEB-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

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