The Round Mountain Group is a tungsten mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,599 feet.
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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
Elevation: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.04056, -105.43944
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Round Mountain Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Round Mountain Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Tarryall Springs District (Puma City)
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: D. W. Denny
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Sandusky
Years: 1951 -
Production
Year: 1945
Time Period: 1941-1945
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1943
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSOID, TABULAR, PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: South Park, Front Range, Tarryall Mountains, Puma Hills
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.60% WO3 IN 20-FT SHAFT
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Clinozoisite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Vesuvianite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Wollastonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): PITS, TRENCHES, SHALLOW SHAFTS 10-27 FT DEEP
Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE FOLLOWS SCHIST BEDDING; OCCURS AS CRYSTALS, GRAINS, FLAKES, COATINGS
Comment (Production): SHIPPED TO SALIDA STOCKPILE
Comment (Location): ABOUT 6 MILES NW OF LAKE GEORGE, 1 MILE N OF HWY 24; EAST OF ROUND MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
References
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO: COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, P. 66
Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLOARDO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 19-26.
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, MCGREW, L.W. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1 DEGREES X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163, 1:250,000.
Reference (Production): BELSER, (1956)
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