Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formLENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
Ore controlWall Rock Control
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueGarnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss,Migmatite · Migmatitic Gneiss; Idaho Springs Formation
StructureFront Range, Thirty One Mile Mountain And Antelope Mountain Volcanic Centers, Currant Creek Fault Zone And Related Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1953
Identification
Deposit ID10013093
MRDS IDD009191
Alternate namesVenture No. 1
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.63861, -105.46002
References
BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 7-10.WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500.HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.