The Nipple Mountain Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,999 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: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.64083, -105.11972
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Nipple Mountain Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nipple Mountain Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Eight Mile Creek Area
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 Year: 1925
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: LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range, Phonolite Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Phonolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Phonolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): EAST SLOPE OF NIPPLE MOUNTAIN; REACHED BY TRAIL FROM PHANTOM CANYON ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PITS
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10X20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.
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): LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 7-10.
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