The Gilley Ranch Prospect is a tungsten and gold mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,199 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: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.04806, -105.35333
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Gilley Ranch Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gilley Ranch Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Clyde Gilley
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Front Range, Tarryall Mountains, Puma Hills
Type: L
Description: Lake George Ring Dike Comples, Ne-Trending Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: REPORTED TO AVERAGE 1.0% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Vesuvianite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Clinozoisite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN FIRE FLY BELT 2 MILES BY ROAD EAST OF STATE HWY 77, 7.5 MILES NORTH OF LAKE GEORGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Workings): 50-FT SHAFT, 75-FT DRIFT; MINE REHABILITATED IN 1954
Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS, GRAINS, FLAKES, COATINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: 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.
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