The Boulder County Tunnel is a mine located in Boulder county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,248 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: 8,248 Feet (2,514 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.97806, -105.55694
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Boulder County Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boulder County Tunnel
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Boulder
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Allied Chemical Corp.
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1974
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Gold
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): COLO BOM 1975 LIST
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