Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
Ore controlWall Rock Control; Wolframite In Quartz Veins
Materials
Ore mineralsWolframite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Granite
Associated rockPhonolite · Granodiorite;Phonolite
StructureFront Range, Phonolite Stock
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10094544
MRDS IDD009186
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.64084, -105.12029
References
BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 7-10.SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10X20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-25.