The Nix Group Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,451 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: 8,451 Feet (2,576 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.12361, -105.49167
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Nix Group Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nix Group Prospect
Secondary: Jack Rabbit Claim
Secondary: Spike Buck Claim
Secondary: Bozo Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Tarryall Springs District (Puma City)
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: Ben Nix
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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, PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range, Tarryall Mountains, Puma Hills
Type: L
Description: Lake George Ring Dike Complex, Nw- And Nnw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Clinozoisite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF TARRYALL TOWNSITE, ONE-HALF MILE BY ROAD FROM STATE HWY 77 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Workings): 3 DISCOVERY HOLES AND ONE TRENCH
Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS, GRAINS, FLAKES, COATINGS, DISSEMINATED
Comment (Geology): LIME SILICATE BEDS FOLLOW SCHISTOSITY; DEPOSITS OCCUR NORTHEAST OF, BUT ALONG STRIKE OF BADGER MOUNTAIN BELT
References
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, MCGREW, L.W. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163, 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P.19-26
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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