The Tantalite Prospect is a tantalum mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,652 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
Elevation: 8,652 Feet (2,637 Meters)
Commodity: Tantalum
Lat, Long: 38.32889, -106.76972
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Tantalite Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tantalite Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tantalum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District
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
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: San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift
Type: L
Description: Cochetopa Pluton, Unnamed Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tantalite
Comments
Comment (Location): ORIGINAL CRIB ENTRY AND PLATE 1 (HANLEY AND OTHERS, 1950) GIVE LOCATION AS ABOVE (SAGUACHE CO.) BUT LIST OF PROSPECTS SAY GUNNISON CO. AS THIS WAS AN UNEXAMINED PROSPECT, LOCATION IS CONSIDERED UNVERIFIED. DATA IN THIS RECORD IS GIVEN FOR THE SAGUACHE CO. PLOTTED LOCATION. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX C SE SE SEC. 17 NEAR MOUTH OF ROCK CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Deposit): OLSON AND STEVEN'S GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS PRECAMBRIAN GRANODIORITE IN FAULT CONTACT WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE OF COCHETOPA CREEK (FAULT TRENDS N 80 E) AND INTRUDED BY NUMEROUS PEGMATITES. THOSE AT PROSPECT AREA TREND APPROX. N 30 E
References
Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAWTOOTH MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-733
Reference (Deposit): HANLEY, J.B., AND OTHERS, 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-44: USGS P-227, PL 1
Reference (Deposit): CONSERV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8, 69 (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB ENTRY)
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