Genessee Mountain Scheelite Occurrence

The Genessee Mountain Scheelite Occurrence is a mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,480 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: Genessee Mountain Scheelite Occurrence

Commodity

Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Mount Vernon Canyon 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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin

Type: L
Description: Junction Ranch Fault System, Blackhawk Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Wernerite

Comments

Comment (Location): ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 40 ABOUT ONE MILE NE OF GENESSEE MTN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR C NE NE SEC. 13 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Deposit): ROUGH SCHEELITE CRYSTALS, SOME OF WHICH ARE IMBEDDED IN GARNET, OCCUR IN CALC-SILICATE GNEISS. FOLIATION TRENDS NW TO WNW, DIP SW

References

Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, E.B., 1961, MINERALS OF COLORADO--A 100-YEAR RECORD: USGS BULL. 1114, P. 293

Reference (Deposit): SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EVERGREEN QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-786-A

Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 55, P. 1406-1428

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