Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formLENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
Ore controlWall Rock Control; Deposit Between Two North-Trending Pegmatits
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueChlorite, Garnet, Quartz, Vesuvianite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss,Skarn (Tactite) · Biotite Gneiss, Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockPegmatite · Pegmatite, ( Granodiorite Or Quartz Monzonite Of Boulder Creek Age)
StructureThirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Guffey Volcanic Center, Front Range, Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults; Large Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013095
MRDS IDD009194
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.79611, -105.62391
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 GUFFEY QUADRANGLE, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1180; 1:62,500HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.