Unidentified Scheelite Prospect

The Unidentified Scheelite Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,240 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unidentified Scheelite Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Lake George (Badger Flats) Area, Marksbury Gulch Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Form: LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats

Type: L
Description: Badger Flats Fault (Nnw-Trending), Round Mountain Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Idocrase
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Diopside

Comments

Comment (Location): ON NE SLOPE OF STOLL MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, TRENCHES, PROSPECT PITS

References

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1977, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-B, 77 P.

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C.C. AND GRIFFITTS, 1968, DISTRIBUTION OF BERYLLIUM, TIN, AND TUNGSTEN IN THE LAKE GEORGE AREA, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 597, 18 P.

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

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C.C., 1969, GEOLOGY AND BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE GEORGE (OR BADGER FLATS) BERYLLIUM AREA, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-A, 44 P.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-25.

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