Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model271: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlNne-Trending Fault; Nw-Trending Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueDiopside, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Amphibolite,Skarn (Tactite) · Idaho Springs Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Boulder Creek Granodiorite
StructureWet Mountains, Nne-Trending, Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mountains
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1965
Identification
Deposit ID10013099
MRDS IDD009199
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.38223, -105.43336
References
HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.A., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869.