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Yellow Pine

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10287278
MRDS ID DC03435
MAS/MILS ID 0080130873
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Pine
Related records 10108234

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.37419, 40.03219 (WGS84)
Elevation 2121
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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Copper Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.37419, 40.03219
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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 Gold Hill

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1892
    Period 1878-1892
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 3427g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 403768, 403779; CBM 1227 REF. VANDERWILT

  • Deposit

    "MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLO P 320 REF USGS PROF PAPER 223 PL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-83 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.