Colorado · Chaffee County
Past Producer

Cleora District

Chaffee County, Colorado, United States
CopperTungstenGold
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Tungsten
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeLODE (VEIN), PEGMATITIC
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFRACTURES; STOCKTON VEIN, GERTRUDE VEIN; SCHISTOSITY OF HOST ROCKS
Geology
StructureNW-TRENDING FAULTS; STOCKTON AND GERTRUDE VEINS, SOUTHERN MOSQUITO RANGE, NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE, ARKANSAS VALLEY GRABEN
AlterationSURFACE ROCKS HIGHLY ALTERED, SCAPOLITIZATION
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1870
Identification
Deposit ID60000370
MRDS IDD010241
Alternate namesUncle Andy Prospect, Tiger Lode Mine, Stockton (Gertrude) Mine, Cleora No. 2 Prospect, Grand View Mine, Hub Tunnels, Mute Lode, North Star Claim, Saddle Claim
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates38.5133, -105.96449
References
COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO: COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 78 P.BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 3-7TWETO, O.L., 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORADO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 55, P. 1406-1428SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.BOARDMAN, S. J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORDADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCLUSIVE OF ALASKA AND HAWAII: USGS MAP MR-25, 1:3168000, TEXTECKEL, E.B., 1961, MINERALS OF COLORADO, A 100-YEAR RECORD: USGS BULLETIN 1114, P. 121.HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 56-60.