Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryMagnesite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFractures
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Limestone,Dolomite · Leadville Limestone, Chaffee Group (Dyer Dolomite, Parting Formation;Fremont Dolomite, Harding Sandstone, Manitou Limestone
StructureNorthern Sangre De Cristo Range, Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10010863
MRDS IDD004888
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates38.51361, -105.92976
References
USBM MINERAL PROPERTIES FILEROLD, J.W., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE WELLSVILLE AREA, NORTH FLANK OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS: COMPASS, V. 27.ROLD, J.W., 1961, THE STRUCTURE AND LOWER AND MIDDLE PALEOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE WELLSVILLE AREA, COLORADO, IN SYMPOSIUM ON LOWER AND MIDDLE PALEOZOIC ROCKS OF COLORADO, 12 TH FIELD CONFERENCE: ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOKSCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.