The Cold Spring Mine is a tungsten mine located in Boulder county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,330 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,330 Feet (2,539 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.98111, -105.48139
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Cold Spring Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cold Spring Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Colorado
County: Boulder
District: Boulder Tungsten
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cold Spring Tungsten, Inc.
Production
Year: 1921
Time Period: 1917-1921
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Normal Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization And Silicification Of Wall Rock
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): OUTPUT WAS 14,301 TONS
Comment (Workings): ORE FOUND IN 6 SHOOTS, ONLY ONE OF WHICH WAS NEAR ENOUGH TO THE SURFACE TO BE EXPOSED IN TRENCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): COLO. STATE METAL MINING FUND, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO.
Reference (Production): LEMMON, D.M. (UNPUBLISHED DATA)
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