The Oliver Prospect 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: 38.38667, -105.49028
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Oliver Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oliver Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Texas Creek 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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Mr. Oliver
Home Office: Canon City, Co.
Years: 1960 -
Production
Year: 1942
Description: Ap_Grade: ^2%
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
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
Form: LENSES CONTAINING SCHEELITE IN HORNBLENDE DIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range
Type: L
Description: Large, Nw-Trending Faults, Fault Zones
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Hornblende
Comments
Comment (Location): BELSER (1956) LISTS THIS AS BEING 13 MILES BY ROAD FROM TEXAS CREEK, NEAR HEAD OF COPPER CREEK; CMMFB (1960) LISTS IT AS BEING IN SECTION 20; SECTION 24 FITS OVERALL DESCRIPTION BETTER; HEINRICH (1981) STATES THAT IT LIES IN SECTIONS 33, 34, T 19 S, R 72 W ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO: COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, P.55
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869.
Reference (Production): BELSER, 1956
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): 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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