Spaulding Mine

The Spaulding Mine is a tungsten mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,050 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: Spaulding Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Larimer

Elevation: 6,050 Feet (1,844 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 40.71222, -105.31306

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Spaulding Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Spaulding Mine


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Graphite
Tertiary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Stove Prairie 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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith

Type: L
Description: Poudre River Shear Zone, Skin Gulch Shear Zone


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Powellite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Graphite


Comments

Comment (Location): ON EAST SIDE OF HEWLETT GULCH 1.8 MILES NW OF POUDRE PARK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Comment (Commodity): TWETO (1960) CITES MO (POWELLITE) GENERALLY OCCURRING WITH CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER AREA W DEPOSITS

Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS, 50 AND 60 FT LONG

Comment (Reference): Reference to Abbott, 1978, is general geologic background info. This mine is on the next quadrangle to the east, the Poudre Park quad., mapped by Braddock and others, 1988, USGS GQ-1520.


References

Reference (Geology): Braddock and others, 1988, Geologic map of Poudre Park quadrangle, Larimer County, CO: USGS Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1620, scale 1:24,000.

Reference (Deposit): WYANT, D.G., 1949, SPAULDING-WOODHAMS SCHEELITE PROSPECTS, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: AEC TEM-9A, 4 P.

Reference (Deposit): ABBOTT, J.T., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BIG NARROWS QUADRANGLE, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1323.

Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 55, NO. 7, P. 1406-1428.

Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM IC-7748, P. 16.


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