Mine detail: Kezer No. 2 Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 38.39667, -107.14091

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Ore: Powellite, Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Black Canyon Schist
Host type:Syenite
Associated rock:Porphyritic Syenite;Granitic Dikes Of Wolf Creek;Melasyenite;Quartz Vein
Associated type:Syenite
Structure:Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Unnamed Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:Chloritization In Schist

References

MRDSD011136
DEP10014390
Reference{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARPENTER RIDGE QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1070.}{Deposit:: ARGALL, G.O., JR., 1943, SCHEELITE OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 33, NO. 6, P. 313-314.}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1977, AGE AND TECTONIC SETTING OF LOWER PALEOZOIC ALKALIC AND MAFIC ROCKS, CARBONATITES, AND THORIUM VEINS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS JOUR. RESEARCH, V. 5, NO. 6, P. 673-687.}{Deposit:: BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM IC-7748, P. 13.}{Deposit:: SHARPS, T.I., 1965, TUNGSTEN IN COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULL., V. 8, NO. 5, P. 7.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.