Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
Ore controlWall Rock Control
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueChlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss,Skarn (Tactite) · Biotite Gneiss, Migmatitic Gneiss
StructureThirtyone Mile Mountain Volcanic Center, Front Range, Guffey Volcanic Center, Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013094
MRDS IDD009193
Alternate namesLues Ranch Prospect, Lues Gulch Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.72917, -105.51169
References
BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 19-26.EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADARANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.