The Sage Claim is a tungsten mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,199 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: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.56611, -105.93000
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Sage Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sage Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Salida Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Occurrence
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northern Sangre De Cristo Range, Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type: L
Description: Breccia Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 14-FT SAMPLE ASSAYED 12% MN, 0.67% WO3
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 0.25 MILE EAST OF THE CRATER IN SMALL SADDLE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Workings): SURFACE CUT, SMALL PIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 3-7
Reference (Deposit): BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.
Reference (Deposit): BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-25, TEXT
Reference (Deposit): SHARPS, T.I., 1965, TUNGSTEN IN COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN, V. 8. NO. 5, 16 P.
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