Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryCopper, Thorium, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Powellite, Scheelite, Thorite
Geology
Host rockSyenite,Schist,Gneiss · Black Canyon Schist
Associated rockQuartz Syenite,Syenite,Granite · Porphyritic Syenite;Granite Dikes Of Wolf Creek;Melasyenite
StructureGunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock, Unnamed Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10090961
MRDS IDD011137
Alternate namesUnpatented Claims: Old Faithful, Annabella Nos. 1-2
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.39, -107.13619
References
HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARPENTER RIDGE QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1070.ARGALL, G.O., JR., 1943, SCHEELITE OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 33, NO. 6, P. 313-314.OLSON, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1977, AGE AND TECTONIC SETTING OF LOWER PALEOZOIC ALKALIC AND MAFIC ROCKS, CARBONATITES, AND THORIUM VEINS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS JOUR. RESEARCH, V. 5, NO. 6, P. 673-687.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.NELSON, A.P., (NO DATE), MINING DISTRICTS, PRODUCING MINES AND PROSPECTIVE PROPERTIES (OF GUNNISON COUNTY): COLORADO STATE PALN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., P. 6.BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM IC-7748, P. 13-14.SHARPS, T.I., 1965, TUNGSTEN IN COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULL., V. 8, NO. 5, P. 7.COLORADO MINING ASSOC. 1953 MINING YEARBOOK, P. 69.BELSER, 1956, P. 14