Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsPowellite, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Idocrase, Quartz
Geology
Host rockHornblendite,Gneiss,Amphibolite · Idaho Springs Formation
Associated rockPegmatite · Silver Plume Granite
StructureTarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats, Badger Flats Fault (Nnw-Trending), Round Mountain Syncline
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10087843
MRDS IDD010288
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.00472, -105.48336
References
TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORADO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 55, P. 1406-1428.HAWLEY, C.C., 1969, GEOLOGY AND BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE GEORGE (OR BADGER FLATS) BERYLLIUM AREA, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-A, 44 P.HAWLEY, C.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1977, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-B, 77 P.HAWLEY, C.C. AND GRIFFITTS, 1968, DISTRIBUTION OF BERYLLIUM, TIN, AND TUNGSTEN IN THE LAKE GEORGE AREA, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 597, 18 P.LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-25.