Ball Scheelite Mine

The Ball Scheelite Mine is a tungsten mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,558 feet.

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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: Ball Scheelite Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Horsetooth Mountain Area

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: Florence Ball

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

Type: L
Description: Redstone Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN BUT AIRPHOTO EXAMINATION SUGGESTS WORKING S LIE ON SECTION LINE ON OR NEAR FAULT TRACE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Comment (Deposit): NW-TRENDING REDSTONE FAULT DISPLACES QUARTZOFELDSPATHIC SCHIST AN D GNEISS ON SW AGAINST NW-TRENDING LAYER OF AMPHIBOLITE LOCALLY CONTAI NING CALC-SILICATE GNEISS.

Comment (Workings): FIVE ADITS WITH APPROX 300 FT OF DRIFTING

References

Reference (Deposit): COLTON, R.B., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BOULDER-FORT COLLINS-GREELE Y AREA, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-855-G.

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

Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISO N, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM IC-7748, P . 18.

Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)

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