Colorado · Boulder County
Past Producer

Conger Mine

Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Tungsten
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Description

Sam Conger

Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeTungsten veins
Model{46: W veins}
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Ore control"Flattening Of The Conger Vein Below The Fifth Level."
Materials
Ore mineralsFerberite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Granite
Structure"Normal Faulting"
Alteration"Argillization In Granite, Sericitized And Silicified Next To Vein"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1900
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10107649
MRDS IDD001109
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.97337, -105.52152
References
{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.}{Deposit:: COLO. STATE METAL MINING FUND, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO.}{Deposit:: LOVERING, TWETO, 1953, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BOULDER COUNTY TUNGSTEN DISTRICT COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 245.}{Deposit:: SHARPS, 1965, Tungsten in Colorado: COLO SCH MINES MIN IND BULL, V. 8, NO. 5.}{Deposit:: McKenna, 1940, The geology of the Conger Mine, Boulder County, Colorado: Univ. of Colo. MS THESIS, 78 p.}{Deposit:: MINE MAP REPO # 402533 402543}{Deposit:: Lovering, T.S., and Goddard, E.N., 1950, Geology and ore deposits of the Front Range, Colorado: USGS PROF PAPER 223, PL}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1945, Boulder County Tungsten District, Boulder County, Colorado: U.S. Bureau of Mines War Minerals Report No. 404, 26 p.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62}{Production:: LEMMON, D.M., (UNPUBLISHED DATA)}