The West Tungsten Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Park county, Colorado.
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West Tungsten Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Tungsten Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Guffey (Freshwater) 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
Owner Name: Clyde West
Home Office: Guffey, Co.
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: PODLIKE, LENSOID
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Guffey Volcanic Center
Type: L
Description: Currant Creek Fault Zone And Related North And Northwest-Trending Faults Intersecting Ne-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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Sphene
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF GUFFEY ALONG FRESHWATER CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): TWETO OGDEN 1960 SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORADO; ECON, GEOL. BULL. NO. 55 P. 1423
Reference (Deposit): BEVER, J.E. 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE GUFFEY AREA, COLORADO, UNIV. OF MICH. PHD THESIS
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.
Reference (Deposit): EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.
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