The Jack of Diamonds Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,779 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: 7,779 Feet (2,371 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.38222, -105.43278
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Jack of Diamonds Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jack of Diamonds Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Mcintyre Hills Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1965
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
Model Name: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains
Type: L
Description: Nne-Trending, Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): EXPOSURES ARE POOR
Comment (Workings): MINOR EXPLORATORY WORK
Comment (Location): (UNSURVEYED); NEAR HEAD OF SUNSET CITY GULCH, TRIBUTARY TO COPPER GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1960'S
References
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): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.A., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869.
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