The Charlene No. 1 Claim is a tungsten mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,799 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: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.67944, -105.54111
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Charlene No. 1 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Charlene No. 1 Claim
Secondary: Charlene Nos 2
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: George E. West, Et Al. , Guffey Co
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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
Form: LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range; Thirtyone Mile Mountain And Antelope Mounmtain Volcaniccenter
Type: L
Description: Currant Creek Fault And Related Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LOW GRADE
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): NORTH SIDE OF COTTONWOOD CREEK; A 4.1 MILE ACCESS ROAD CONNECTS MINE WITH STATE HWY 9; ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF FREMONT-PARK COUNTY LINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1981 EDITION
Comment (Workings): SURFACE CUT, ADIT 33 FT LONG, BULLDOZER PIT
Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS, FLAKES, GRAINS, THIN COATINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 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.
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORADO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, NO. 55, P. 1423.
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.
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