Colorado · Park County
Occurrence

Townsend Ranch Prospect

Park County, Colorado, United States
Tungsten
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
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
Associated rockPegmatite · Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
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 ID10013103
MRDS IDD009203
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.71556, -105.51641
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 QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.