Venture No. 1 Claim

The Venture No. 1 Claim is a tungsten mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,900 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Venture No. 1 Claim
Secondary: Venture No. 1

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Guffey, Currant Creek 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

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Mining Ventures, Inc.
Years: 1956 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Year: 1953
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, POD-LIKE

Structure

Type: R
Description: Front Range, Thirty One Mile Mountain And Antelope Mountain Volcanic Centers

Type: L
Description: Currant Creek Fault Zone And Related Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF CURRANT CREEK; POOR ACCESS ROAD ABOUT 1 MILE LONG CONNECTS PROPERTY TO STATE HWY 9; ABOUT ONE MILE NE OF ISABL MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Deposit): BEDDING AND VEINS BOTH STRIKE NW

Comment (Workings): SHAFT (10 FT), 6 SHALLOW TRENCHES

Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE OCCURS AS FLAKES

References

Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 7-10.

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

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

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