Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryCopper, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSOID
Ore controlWall Rock Control
Materials
Ore mineralsCopper, Molybdenite, Scheelite
GangueClinozoisite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz, Vesuvianite, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockMica Schist,Gneiss · Biotite Gneiss (Idaho Springs Formation)
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Pegmatite · Pegmatites Possibly Related To Boulder Creek Granitoid;Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
StructureSouth Park, Front Range, Tarryall Mountains, Puma Hills, Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10013085
MRDS IDD009182
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.03583, -105.41141
References
COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO: COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, P. 41HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.BRYANT, BRUCE, MCGREW, L.W., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1 DEGREES X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163, 1:250,000.BELSER (1956)