Mine detail: Kezer No. 2 Prospect

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.39667, -107.14091
dep_id: 10014390
mrds_id: D011136
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Trace mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Powellite, Scheelite
gangue: Quartz
alteration: Chloritization In Schist
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Black Canyon Schist
hrock_type: Syenite
arock_unit: Porphyritic Syenite;Granitic Dikes Of Wolf Creek;Melasyenite;Quartz Vein
arock_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)
References:
  • 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.
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