The Beddig, Conger is a tungsten mine located in Boulder county, Colorado.
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Beddig, Conger MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beddig, Conger
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Colorado
County: Boulder
District: Boulder Tungsten
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1905-1918
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Ferberite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TUNGSTEN MINERALIZ. IN CHALCEDONIC QTZ VEINS OF TERTIARY AGE CUTTING PRECAMB. GRANITE AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS. MINUTE CRYS. OF FERBERITE DISSEM. THRU FINE GR. QTZ (HORN ORE), AND COARSELY CRYS. FERBERITE FORMING BRECCIA WITH COUNTRY ROCK AND EARLY QTZ VEINS (SOFT ORE)
Comment (Production): OVER 100,000 UNITS WO3
Comment (Deposit): MOST TUNGSTEN VEINS 6IN TO 3FT THICK
References
Reference (Deposit): SHARPS, 1965, COLO SCH MINES MIN IND BULL, V 8, NO
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