Mine detail: Conger Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.97527, -105.52226

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Ferberite
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1900

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Structure:	Normal Faulting
Alteration processes:	Argillization In Granite, Sericitized And Silicified Next To Vein

References

MRDS	D001109
DEP	10107649
Reference	{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.}{Deposit:: COLO.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 PAPER 245.}{Production:: LEMMON, D.M., (UNPUBLISHED DATA)}
Reporter	Elliott, James E., Mosier, Dan, Melton, Greg