The Tappan Mtn Prospect Pit is a mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,179 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: 8,179 Feet (2,493 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.0769, -105.37420
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Tappan Mtn Prospect Pit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tappan Mtn Prospect Pit
Commodity
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Lake George District
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS ONGOING.
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECT SHOWS MINOR OCCURRENCES OF TIN AND TUNGSTEN MINERAL REFER TO 040: COUNTY ROAD 77 2 MILES WEST OF PROSPECT REFER TO 050: GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING (SOIL, STREAM, AND BEDRO INDICATES TIN AND TUNGSTEN ANOMALIES IN TAPPAN MOUNTAIN AR REFERENCE TO 070: CASSITERITE FOUND IN SMALL DISSEMINATED GR ALTERATION ZONE. SCHEELITE FOUND IN AND AROUND GREISEN ALT ZONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LAKE GEORGE (BADGER FLATS) BERYLLIUM AREA, PARK COUNTY, CO
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 608-A, 44 PP.
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C.C., ET. AL., 1968, GEOLOGY AND BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS
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