Tungsten King

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190795
MAS/MILS ID 80130801
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten King

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.375, 39.98829 (WGS84)
Elevation 2207
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position Location from PP-223, pl. 22, II-C, 39. In Spruce Gl.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eldorado Springs(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 071W 6 SE4 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ColoMetalMininng, 1960, p. 72 puts this mine to the east in adjacent Section 5.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.375, 39.98829

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 Magnolia

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nellie B. Robb
    Year 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • ColoMetalMining, 1960, p. 72 says workings are unknown, but two tunnels are shown on pl. 22 of PP-223. Therefore, it is assumed that this was an underground mine.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lovering and Goddard, 1950, Geology and ore deposits of the Front Range, Colorado: USGS Prof. Paper 223, PLATE 22.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF COLO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLO., p. 72.

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO[sitory] 401239, 405363, 405386. [uncertain if these are for this mine or the other Tungsten mine in Boulder County. These maps can no longer be located.]

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2013-12-20 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record. Disambiguated with the other Tungsten mine in Boulder Tungsten District (10009793)
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines 0080130800 = 10287702

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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