Mine detail: G.L. Davis Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.51361, -105.92976

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Magnesite

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Leadville Limestone, Chaffee Group (Dyer Dolomite, Parting Formation;Fremont Dolomite, Harding Sandstone, Manitou Limestone
Host type:	Sandstone,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Northern Sangre De Cristo Range, Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D004888
DEP	10010863
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM MINERAL PROPERTIES FILE}{Deposit:: ROLD, J.W., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE WELLSVILLE AREA, NORTH FLANK OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS: COMPASS, V. 27.}{Deposit:: ROLD, J.W., 1961, THE STRUCTURE AND LOWER AND MIDDLE PALEOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE WELLSVILLE AREA, COLORADO, IN SYMPOSIUM ON LOWER AND MIDDLE PALEOZOIC ROCKS OF COLORADO, 12 TH FIELD CONFERENCE: ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.}
Reporter	Foord, Suzann C, Collins, Donna B.