Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Scheelite
GangueQuartz, Scapolite
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Migmatitic Gneiss
StructureNorthern Sangre De Cristo Range, Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013945
MRDS IDD010517
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.50556, -105.96448
References
BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISO N, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATIO N CIRCULAR 7748, P. 3-7.SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DE POSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 56-60BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF T HE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE, INT HE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLOR ADO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V. 55, P. 1406-1428.