Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
Ore controlWall Rock Control; Wolframite In Quartz Veins
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Augen Gneiss
Associated rockDiorite · Granodiorite
StructureFront Range, Ne-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10013087
MRDS IDD009184
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.58557, -105.10279
References
COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO: COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, P. 18.BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 7-10.SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREES X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-25.BELSER, 1956