Unnamed W Prospect

The Unnamed W Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,900 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed W Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Ralston Buttes 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

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: Hurricane Hill Fault System

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Location): AT JUNCTION OF CRAWFORD GULCH AND TUCKER GULCH ACROSS CREEK FROM ASCENSION MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SMALL IRREGULAR FRACTURE FILLINGS AND DISSEMINATED GRAINS IN HURRICANE HILL FAULT SYSTEM ON OR NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN HORNBLENDE GNEISS AND LAYERED CALC-SILICATE GNEISS. TWETO (1960) DESCRIBES AFFINITY OF W FOR CA-RICH ROCKS IN THIS AREA. SHERIDAN AND OTHERS PRESUME ORIGIN TO BE RELATED TO LARAMIDE MOVEMENT ON HURRICANE HILL FAULT BUT IS NOT CONCLUSIVE.

References

Reference (Deposit): SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1967, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE RALSTON BUTTES DISTRICT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 520 (INCL. GEOLOGIC MAP OF RALSTON BUTTES QUAD)

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

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