The Poncha Pass Claim is a tungsten mine located in Chaffee 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: 38.43944, -106.10250
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Poncha Pass Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Poncha Pass Claim
Secondary: Lucky Nos. 1
Secondary: 3 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Poncha Pass Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: C. L. Johnson
Home Office: 1404 Hudson St. 'Denver, Co.
Years: 1972 -
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 Sawatch Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type: L
Description: Skarn Zone; Faults, Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.17% WO3
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Diopside
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED; PROSPECTS ALSO IN SECTIONS 4, 8, 9, SO LOCATION SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN; ABOUT 1500 FT FROM VENTURE NO. 2 PROSPECT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MONTROSE 1:250000
Comment (Workings): SHORT SURFACE CUT, SHAFT?
References
Reference (Deposit): BRADY, B. T., 1975, MAP SHOWING FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN COLORADO: USGS MAP MR-70, 1:500,000, TEXT
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D. M. AND TWETO, O. L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-25, TEXT
Reference (Deposit): SHARPS, T. I., 1965, TUNGSTEN IN COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN, V. 8, NO. 5, 16 P.
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, O. L., STEVEN, T. A., HAIL, W. J., JR., MOENCH; R. H., 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761, 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E. W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, P. 55
Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT,GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 3-7
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