The Venture No. 1 Claim is a tungsten mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,900 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: 7,900 Feet (2,408 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.63861, -105.45944
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Venture No. 1 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Venture No. 1 Claim
Secondary: Venture No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Guffey, Currant Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Mining Ventures, Inc.
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Year: 1953
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, POD-LIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range, Thirty One Mile Mountain And Antelope Mountain Volcanic Centers
Type: L
Description: Currant Creek Fault Zone And Related Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF CURRANT CREEK; POOR ACCESS ROAD ABOUT 1 MILE LONG CONNECTS PROPERTY TO STATE HWY 9; ABOUT ONE MILE NE OF ISABL MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Deposit): BEDDING AND VEINS BOTH STRIKE NW
Comment (Workings): SHAFT (10 FT), 6 SHALLOW TRENCHES
Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE OCCURS AS FLAKES
References
Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 7-10.
Reference (Deposit): WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500.
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.
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