Johnson Ranch Prospect

Occurrence in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013091
MRDS ID D009189
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Ranch Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.47891, 38.70056 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Relative position 4.1 MILES S 35 E FROM GUFFEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cover Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015S 072W 32 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS, GRAINS, FLAKES, COATINGS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Rock description Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Biotite Gneiss, Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Biotite Gneiss, Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.47891, 38.70056

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirty One Mile Mountain Volcanic Center, Front Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
    Dip NEARLY VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wall Rock Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guffey District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mining Ventures, Inc.
    First year 1955

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS, TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • OPERATOR HELD OPTION ON MINERAL RIGHTS

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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