Mine detail: Venture No. 1 Claim

Previously called 'Venture No. 1'

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Location: Fremont County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.63861, -105.46002
dep_id: 10013093
mrds_id: D009191
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Scheelite
gangue: Garnet, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
work_type: Unknown
ore_ctrl: Wall Rock Control
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Migmatitic Gneiss; Idaho Springs Formation
hrock_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
disc_yr: 1953
References:
  • 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.
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