Mine detail: Oliver Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 38.38668, -105.49086

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Hornblende
Orebody form: LENSES CONTAINING SCHEELITE IN HORNBLENDE DIKE

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:Schist,Gneiss,Amphibolite,Granite
Associated type:Plutonic Rock
Structure:Front Range, Large, Nw-Trending Faults, Fault Zones
Tectonic:Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns

References

MRDSD009200
DEP10013100
Reference{Deposit:: COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO: COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, P.55}{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:: TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869.}{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.}{Production:: BELSER, 1956}
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