Mine detail: Nix Group Prospect

Previously called 'Jack Rabbit ClaimSpike Buck ClaimBozo Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.12361, -105.49225

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Scheelite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Clinozoisite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	LENSOID, TABULAR, PODS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Amphibolite And Calc-Silicate Gneiss
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss,Skarn (Tactite)
Associated rock:	Pegmatite, Possibly Boulder Creek Granitoid
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Front Range, Tarryall Mountains, Puma Hills, Lake George Ring Dike Complex, Nw- And Nnw-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns

References

MRDS	D009206
DEP	10013104
Reference	{Deposit:: BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P.19-26}{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, MCGREW, L.W. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163, 1:250,000.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.