G.L. Davis Mine

The G.L. Davis Mine is a tungsten mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,196 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: G.L. Davis Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Magnesite

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Wellsville Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Type: R
Description: Northern Sangre De Cristo Range

Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): POSSIBLY ALSO SECTION 13; NORTH OF US HWY 50, NEAR CHAFFEE-FREMONT COUNTY BORDER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

References

Reference (Deposit): ROLD, J.W., 1961, THE STRUCTURE AND LOWER AND MIDDLE PALEOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE WELLSVILLE AREA, COLORADO, IN SYMPOSIUM ON LOWER AND MIDDLE PALEOZOIC ROCKS OF COLORADO, 12 TH FIELD CONFERENCE: ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK

Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL PROPERTIES FILE

Reference (Deposit): ROLD, J.W., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE WELLSVILLE AREA, NORTH FLANK OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS: COMPASS, V. 27.

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.

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