Mine detail: Guffey District, Southeast

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.7167, -105.50058

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: REE, Gold, Zinc, Thorium, Copper
Discovery year: 1950

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LODE, QUARTZ VEINS
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Structure:CURRANT CREEK FAULT ZONE AND RELATED NW-TRENDING FAULTS, COLORADO FRONT RANGE, THIRTYONE MILE MOUNTAIN VOLCANIC CENTER, ANTELOPE MOUNTAIN VOLCANIC CENTER, GUFFEY VOLCANIC CENTER
Alteration processes:GENERALLY HIGHLY ALTERED

References

MRDSD001083
DEP60000018
Reference{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.}{Deposit:: LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 223 P. 289.}{Deposit:: USGS MR-36, 1963}{Deposit:: BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 7-10.00}{Deposit:: EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500 00}{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.}