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Chancellor

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262873
MRDS ID DC03092
MAS/MILS ID 0080130003
Record type Site
Current site name Chancellor
Alternate or previous names Allied Jamestown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.3973, 40.12456 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 002 N 072 W 24 E2 NE Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.3973, 40.12456
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PROPYLITIC
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Mining district

District name Jamestown Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Allied Chemical Corp., Industrial Chemicals Division
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1972

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Period 1919, 1924, 1927-1930
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Tertiary F Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 1788mt
  • Year 1934
    Period 1910-1934
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Tertiary Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 63
    Primary Gold Gold 767g/mt
    Primary Silver Silver 620g/mt
    Primary Lead Lead 17

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 46M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Length of Inclines (m) 107
    Slope of Inclines 5
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    3rd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 91
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 402332, 404636, 404830, 404833, 404835, 40XXXX,
    405048, 405051, 405053, 405056, 405059, 404634 ; DMEA DOCK

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, PG. 182

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT, 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOrado, P. 324

  • Deposit

    LOVERING & GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PG 278, FIG 77, PLATE 3.

  • Deposit

    GODDARD, COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 11, P.38-40, PL. 9

  • Deposit

    AURAND, 1920, COLO. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 18, P.39.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE AND SULFIDE MIN.: VIOLET FLUORSPAR, A LITTLE PYRITE, GALENA AND GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAY-85 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 26-JUL-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10017219 (old MRDS DC03092)
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey MRDS DC03092 = newMRDS 10017219
Reporter 01-JAN-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey MRDS DC03092 = newMRDS 10017219
Reporter 19-APR-07 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey MRDS DC03092 = newMRDS 10017219

Beyond USGS

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