Mine detail: Unnamed W Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.77916, -105.28725

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Scheelite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Idaho Springs Formation---Hornblende Gneiss Unit
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Granitic Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin, Hurricane Hill Fault System
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010147
DEP	10094625
Reference	{Deposit:: SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1967, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE RALSTON BUTTES DISTRICT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 520 (INCL. GEOLOGIC MAP OF RALSTON BUTTES QUAD)}{Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS OF COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 55, P. 1406-1428}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.