Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Ore mineralsPowellite, Scheelite
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Calc-Silicate Gneiss;Migmatic Biotite Schist
Associated rockPegmatite · Pegmatite;Aplite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Poudre River Shear Zone, Skin Gulch Shear Zone, Poverty Flats Synf Orm, South Fork Antiform
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1952
Identification
Deposit ID10013966
MRDS IDD010543
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.64998, -105.44059
References
COBB, H.S., 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO: COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BD., P. 46-47.ABBOTT, J.T., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BIG NARROWS QUADRANGLE, LAR IMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1323.BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISO N, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM IC-7748, P . 16, 18.TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORA DO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 55, NO. 7, P. 1406-1428.BELSER, 1956, P. 18.