Mine detail: Jack of Diamonds Prospect

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Location: Fremont County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.38223, -105.43336
dep_id: 10013099
mrds_id: D009199
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Scheelite
gangue: Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
model: 271: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
ore_ctrl: Nne-Trending Fault; Nw-Trending Fault
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Idaho Springs Formation
hrock_type: Gneiss,Amphibolite,Skarn (Tactite)
arock_unit: Boulder Creek Granodiorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Wet Mountains, Nne-Trending, Nw-Trending Faults
tectonic: Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mountains
disc_yr: 1965
References:
  • Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.
  • Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.A., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869.
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