Wild Tiger Mine, Boulder County Tungsten District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 40° 0' 24'' North , 105° 23' 53'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 40.00667,-105.39806 |
Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate |
REF:Deposit:: STATE OF COLO. METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLO.
Deposit:: BLM COLO CONNECTING SHEETS
Deposit:: DMEA RECORDS
Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62
Commodities (Major) - Tungsten
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock: Porphyry, Granitic Gneiss
Commodity List
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Paleoproterozoic 1600 - 2500 Ma ID: 3186950 | Paleoproterozoic crystalline metamorphic rocks Age: Proterozoic (1600 - 2500 Ma) Lithology: Orthogneiss/paragneiss Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Paleoproterozoic 1600 - 2500 Ma ID: 2855909 | Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group Age: Proterozoic (1600 - 2500 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Boulder Creek Granite; Cross Creek Granite; Denny Creek Granodiorite; Kroenke Granodiorite; Browns Pass Quartz Monzonite; Powderhorn Granite; Pitts Meadow Granodiorite; Bakers Bridge Granite; Tenmile Granite Description: Includes Boulder Creek -M.Y. AGE GROUP (AGE 1650-1730 M.Y.)--Includes Boulder Creek, Cross Creek, Denny Creek, Kroenke, Browns Pass, Powderhorn, Pitts Meadow, Bakers Bridge, and Tenmile Granites, Quartz Monzonites, or Granodiorites; also, unnamed granitic rocks Lithology: Major:{granite}, Minor:{granodiorite,quartz monzonite} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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