Charlene No. 1 Claim

The Charlene No. 1 Claim is a tungsten mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,799 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

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Site Name

Primary: Charlene No. 1 Claim
Secondary: Charlene Nos 2

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper

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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: George E. West, Et Al. , Guffey Co
Years: 1956 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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

Model Name: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming

Orebody

Form: LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE

Structure

Type: R
Description: Front Range; Thirtyone Mile Mountain And Antelope Mounmtain Volcaniccenter

Type: L
Description: Currant Creek Fault And Related Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: LOW GRADE

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet

Comments

Comment (Location): NORTH SIDE OF COTTONWOOD CREEK; A 4.1 MILE ACCESS ROAD CONNECTS MINE WITH STATE HWY 9; ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF FREMONT-PARK COUNTY LINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1981 EDITION

Comment (Workings): SURFACE CUT, ADIT 33 FT LONG, BULLDOZER PIT

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

References

Reference (Deposit): EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 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.

Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORADO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, NO. 55, P. 1423.

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.

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