Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsPowellite, Scheelite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Metamorphic Rocks--Biotite Gneiss, Schist, And Migmatite
Associated rockGranite · Sherman Granite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Poudre River Shear Zone, Skin Gulch Shear Zone
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10013967
MRDS IDD010544
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.71248, -105.31476
References
COBB, H.S., 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO: COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BD., P. 37.BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM IC-7748, P. 16.TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 55, NO. 7, P. 1406-1428.ABBOTT, J.T., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BIG NARROWS QUADRANGLE, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1323.BELSER, 1956, P. 16.