Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryREE, Gold, Zinc, Thorium, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeLODE, QUARTZ VEINS
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlWALL ROCK CONTROL
Geology
StructureCURRANT CREEK FAULT ZONE AND RELATED NW-TRENDING FAULTS, COLORADO FRONT RANGE, THIRTYONE MILE MOUNTAIN VOLCANIC CENTER, ANTELOPE MOUNTAIN VOLCANIC CENTER, GUFFEY VOLCANIC CENTER
AlterationGENERALLY HIGHLY ALTERED
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID60000018
MRDS IDD001083
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates38.7167, -105.50058
References
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 223 P. 289.USGS MR-36, 1963BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 7-10.00EPIS, 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 00HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.