The Bidwell Claims is a tungsten mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,232 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: 8,232 Feet (2,509 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.64667, -105.43194
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Bidwell Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bidwell Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Stove Prairie 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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, Sherman Batholith
Type: L
Description: Poudre River Shear Zone, Skin Gulch Shear Zone, Poverty Flats Synf Orm, South Fork Antiform, Clark Synform
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
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): TWETO (1960) CITES NO (POWELLITE) GENERALLY OCCURRING WITH CACHE L A POUDRE RIVER AREA W DEPOSITS
Comment (Location): IN DIVIDE AREA BETWEEN SKIN GULCH AND POVERTY GULCH. ELEV AND LAT- LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 23. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980
Comment (Production): ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD CITES PRODUCTION OF 10 ST WORE, YEAR UNKNOWN.
References
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORA DO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 55, NO. 7, P. 1406-1428.
Reference (Deposit): ABBOTT, J.T., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BIG NARROWS QUADRANGLE, LAR IMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1323.
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