Winnie Claims

The Winnie Claims is a tungsten mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,100 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Winnie Claims  

State:  Colorado

County:  Chaffee

Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 38.50556, -105.96389

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Winnie Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Winnie Claims


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Cleora District


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

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: Nw-Trending Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES COLLECTED SHOWED L.T. 0.01% WO3


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Scapolite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT 3 MILES SE OF SALIDA ON US HWY 50, SOUTH OF ARKANSAS RIVER A ND US HWY 50 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976


References

Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DE POSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 56-60

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 T HE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.

Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE, INT HE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLOR ADO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V. 55, P. 1406-1428.

Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISO N, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATIO N CIRCULAR 7748, P. 3-7.

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.


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