Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryMolybdenum, Copper, Graphite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsPowellite, Scheelite
GangueGarnet, Graphite
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 ID10013968
MRDS IDD010545
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.7122, -105.31365
References
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.WYANT, D.G., 1949, SPAULDING-WOODHAMS SCHEELITE PROSPECTS, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: AEC TEM-9A, 4 P.Braddock and others, 1988, Geologic map of Poudre Park quadrangle, Larimer County, CO: USGS Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1620, scale 1:24,000.