Oliver Prospect

The Oliver Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,900 feet.

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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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