Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Idaho Springs Formation---Hornblende Gneiss Unit
Associated rockPegmatite · Granitic Pegmatite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Denver Basin, Hurricane Hill Fault System
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10094625
MRDS IDD010147
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates39.77916, -105.28725
References
SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1967, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE RALSTON BUTTES DISTRICT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 520 (INCL. GEOLOGIC MAP OF RALSTON BUTTES QUAD)TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS OF COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 55, P. 1406-1428