West Tungsten Prospect

The West Tungsten Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Park county, Colorado.

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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: West Tungsten Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Guffey (Freshwater) District

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

Owner Name: Clyde West
Home Office: Guffey, Co.

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: PODLIKE, LENSOID

Structure

Type: R
Description: Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Guffey Volcanic Center

Type: L
Description: Currant Creek Fault Zone And Related North And Northwest-Trending Faults Intersecting Ne-Trending Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Sphene

Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF GUFFEY ALONG FRESHWATER CREEK

References

Reference (Deposit): TWETO OGDEN 1960 SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORADO; ECON, GEOL. BULL. NO. 55 P. 1423

Reference (Deposit): BEVER, J.E. 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE GUFFEY AREA, COLORADO, UNIV. OF MICH. PHD THESIS

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): 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.

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