Tantalite Prospect

The Tantalite Prospect is a tantalum mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,652 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tantalite Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Tantalum

Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift

Type: L
Description: Cochetopa Pluton, Unnamed Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tantalite

Comments

Comment (Location): ORIGINAL CRIB ENTRY AND PLATE 1 (HANLEY AND OTHERS, 1950) GIVE LOCATION AS ABOVE (SAGUACHE CO.) BUT LIST OF PROSPECTS SAY GUNNISON CO. AS THIS WAS AN UNEXAMINED PROSPECT, LOCATION IS CONSIDERED UNVERIFIED. DATA IN THIS RECORD IS GIVEN FOR THE SAGUACHE CO. PLOTTED LOCATION. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX C SE SE SEC. 17 NEAR MOUTH OF ROCK CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Deposit): OLSON AND STEVEN'S GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS PRECAMBRIAN GRANODIORITE IN FAULT CONTACT WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE OF COCHETOPA CREEK (FAULT TRENDS N 80 E) AND INTRUDED BY NUMEROUS PEGMATITES. THOSE AT PROSPECT AREA TREND APPROX. N 30 E

References

Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAWTOOTH MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-733

Reference (Deposit): HANLEY, J.B., AND OTHERS, 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-44: USGS P-227, PL 1

Reference (Deposit): CONSERV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8, 69 (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB ENTRY)

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