Mine detail: Lookout Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.64998, -105.44059

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Ore: Powellite, Scheelite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1952

Geology

Host rock:Calc-Silicate Gneiss;Migmatic Biotite Schist
Host type:Gneiss
Associated rock:Pegmatite;Aplite
Associated type:Pegmatite
Structure:Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Poudre River Shear Zone, Skin Gulch Shear Zone, Poverty Flats Synf Orm, South Fork Antiform
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD010543
DEP10013966
Reference{Deposit:: COBB, H.S., 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO: COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BD., P. 46-47.}{Deposit:: ABBOTT, J.T., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BIG NARROWS QUADRANGLE, LAR IMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1323.}{Deposit:: BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISO N, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM IC-7748, P . 16, 18.}{Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORA DO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 55, NO. 7, P. 1406-1428.}{Production:: BELSER, 1956, P. 18.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.