The Ball Scheelite Mine is a tungsten mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,558 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: 6,558 Feet (1,999 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.55389, -105.24750
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Ball Scheelite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ball Scheelite Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Horsetooth Mountain 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
Owner Name: Florence Ball
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: Front Range Uplift
Type: L
Description: Redstone Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN BUT AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION SUGGESTS WORKING S LIE ON SECTION LINE ON OR NEAR FAULT TRACE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980
Comment (Deposit): NW-TRENDING REDSTONE FAULT DISPLACES QUARTZOFELDSPATHIC SCHIST AN D GNEISS ON SW AGAINST NW-TRENDING LAYER OF AMPHIBOLITE LOCALLY CONTAI NING CALC-SILICATE GNEISS.
Comment (Workings): FIVE ADITS WITH APPROX 300 FT OF DRIFTING
References
Reference (Deposit): COLTON, R.B., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BOULDER-FORT COLLINS-GREELE Y AREA, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-855-G.
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORA DO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 55, NO. 7, P. 1406-1428.
Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISO N, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM IC-7748, P . 18.
Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)
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