Mine detail: Venture No. 1 Claim

Previously called 'Venture No. 1'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.63861, -105.46002

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Scheelite
Gangue:	Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
Discovery year:	1953

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Gneiss; Idaho Springs Formation
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss,Migmatite
Structure:	Front Range, Thirty One Mile Mountain And Antelope Mountain Volcanic Centers, Currant Creek Fault Zone And Related Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns

References

MRDS	D009191
DEP	10013093
Reference	{Deposit:: BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 7-10.}{Deposit:: WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.