The Unidentified Scheelite Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,039 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: 9,039 Feet (2,755 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.00472, -105.48278
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Unidentified Scheelite Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unidentified Scheelite Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Lake George (Badger Flats) Area, Marksbury Gulch 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
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
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats
Type: L
Description: Badger Flats Fault (Nnw-Trending), Round Mountain Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Idocrase
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PITS, TRENCH
References
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C.C. AND GRIFFITTS, 1968, DISTRIBUTION OF BERYLLIUM, TIN, AND TUNGSTEN IN THE LAKE GEORGE AREA, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 597, 18 P.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORADO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 55, P. 1406-1428.
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C.C., 1969, GEOLOGY AND BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE GEORGE (OR BADGER FLATS) BERYLLIUM AREA, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-A, 44 P.
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1977, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-B, 77 P.
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