Mine detail: Thompson Canyon Scheelite Occurrences

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Location: Larimer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.41804, -105.2442
dep_id: 10013969
mrds_id: D010548
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Scheelite
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Amphibolite;Metasedimentary Rocks--Interbedded Quartzofeldspathic Schist And Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Tonalite;Diorite And Andesite
arock_type: Tonalite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Thompson Canyon Fault, Dickson Gulch Fault, Gr En Ridge Fault
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • 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.
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