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Crete

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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214159
MAS/MILS ID 80130224
Record type Site
Current site name Crete

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.3706, 40.0145 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
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

Boulder(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
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.3706, 40.0145
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boulder Tungsten

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner BOULDER TUNGSTEN MINE
  • Type Owner
    Owner A.T. Barr and R.C. Barr
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ralston and Tenhaeff
    Year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • Most production came from intersection of Crete vein with Peter and Nile veins (ColoMetalMining, 1960, p. 24)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings adit on Crete Vein
    Overall length 128.01M
  • Type of workings Surface

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 401239

  • Deposit

    Colorado Metal Mining Fund Board, 1960, Tungsten Mines of Colorado.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1983-11-17 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2014-01-30 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

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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