Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPODLIKE, LENSOID
Ore controlWall Rock Control
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Scheelite
GangueApatite, Chlorite, Sphene
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Skarn (Tactite) · Biotite Gneiss
StructureThirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Guffey Volcanic Center, Currant Creek Fault Zone And Related North And Northwest-Trending Faults Intersecting Ne-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mountains
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10094341
MRDS IDD004978
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.73444, -105.52308
References
TWETO OGDEN 1960 SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORADO; ECON, GEOL. BULL. NO. 55 P. 1423BEVER, J.E. 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE GUFFEY AREA, COLORADO, UNIV. OF MICH. PHD THESISHEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.