Mine detail: Masonville District

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Location

Lat / long: 40.48692, -105.21087

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper, Nickel
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Last production ended: 1955

Geology

Host rock:Tonalite;Metasedimentary Rocks--Mica Schist
Host type:Tonalite
Associated rock:Tonalite;Diorite And Andesite
Associated type:Tonalite
Structure:Front Range Uplift, Cheyenne Basin, Big Thompson Anticline, Milner Mountain Fault, Fletcher Hill (Buck Horn) Fault, Masonville Anticline, Buckhorn Syncline, Masonville Stock , Redstone Fault
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal Montmorillonite In Fractures; Wallrock Silicification ; Sericitization Of Andalusite In Schist

References

MRDSD010561
DEP10107993
Reference{Deposit:: WOLFE, J.A., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE MASONVILLE MINING DISTRICT, LARIM ER COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.SC. THESIS T-789.}{Deposit:: BRADDOCK, W.A., AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MASONVILLE QU ADRANGLE, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-832.}{Deposit:: COBB, H.S., 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO: COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BD.}{Deposit:: BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISO N, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM IC-7748, P . 18.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS}{Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MIN ERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 139.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.}{Production:: VANDERWILT, 1947, P. 139; BELSER, 1956, P. 18}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.