Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
Ore controlWall Rock Control
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueActinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Grossularite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss,Skarn (Tactite) · Biotite Gneiss, Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockPegmatite,Granite · Boulder, Creek Granite Or Granodiorite
StructureThirtyone Mile Mountain Volcanic Center, Front Range, Guffey Volcanic Center, Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults; Ilse Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10094545
MRDS IDD009192
Alternate namesWest Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.73556, -105.52697
References
BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO; USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 19-26.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, 1:62,500HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO. CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.