Animas Forks Deposits

The Animas Forks Deposits is a tungsten mine located in San Juan county, Colorado.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Animas Forks Deposits

State:  Colorado

County:  San Juan

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 37.975, -107.53333

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Animas Forks Deposits MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Animas Forks Deposits


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Colorado
County: San Juan


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Huebnerite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ SULFIDE VEINS

Comment (Location): ABW corrected latitude from 39 to 37 to get into Animas Forks area.

Comment (Deposit): BANDS IN BASE METAL SULFIDE VEINS


References

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULL. (COLO. SCH. OF MINES RESEARCH FOUNDATION), 1965, TUNGSTEN IN COLORADO, P.8.


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