Nash Ranch Prospect

The Nash Ranch Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,199 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

Name: Nash Ranch Prospect  

State:  Colorado

County:  Park

Elevation: 9,199 Feet (2,804 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 38.70833, -105.46917

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Nash Ranch Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Nash Ranch Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Guffey District


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: Mining Ventures, Inc.
Years: 1955 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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

Form: LENSOID, TABULAR, PODLIKE


Structure

Type: R
Description: Thirty One Mile Mountain Volcanic Center, Front Range

Type: L
Description: Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Development): OPERATOR HELD OPTION ON MINERAL RIGHTS

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PITS, TRENCHES

Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS, GRAINS, FLAKES, COATINGS


References

Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 19-26.

Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.

Reference (Deposit): WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., SCOTT; G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500


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