Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
Ore controlWall Rock, Control
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueChlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss,Skarn (Tactite) · Biotite Gneiss, Migmatitic Gneiss, Idaho Springs Formation
Associated rockPegmatite · Pegmatite
StructureThirtynine Mile Mountain Volcanic Center, Front Range, Guffey Volcanic Center, Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
AlterationHighly Altered
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10013096
MRDS IDD009195
Alternate namesSch
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.79917, -105.62419
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, 1:62,500. CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.