Mine detail: Thompson Canyon Scheelite Occurrences

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Location

Lat / long:

40.41804, -105.2442

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Scheelite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Amphibolite;Metasedimentary Rocks--Interbedded Quartzofeldspathic Schist And Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Tonalite;Diorite And Andesite
Associated type:	Tonalite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Thompson Canyon Fault, Dickson Gulch Fault, Gr En Ridge Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010548
DEP	10013969
Reference	{Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORA DO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 55, NO. 7, P. 1406-1428.}{Deposit:: BRADDOCK, W.A., AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MASONVILLE QU ADRANGLE, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-832.}{Deposit:: HOBBS, S.W., 1968, TUNGSTEN, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF COLORADO: U.S. GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE, P. 108-115.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.