Dorothy Group 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013108
MRDS ID D009211
Record type Site
Current site name Dorothy Group Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.42586, 39.05028 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 6.0 MILES N 36 W OF TOWN OF LAKE GEORGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tarryall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 011S 072W 34 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MILES NORTH OF US HWY 24; IN ROUND MOUNTAIN BELT ; 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
Clinozoisite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLES REPORTED TO AVERAGE 0.80% WO3 FOR 4.2 FT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatites Possibly Related To Boulder Creek Granitoid;Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Pegmatites Possibly Related To Boulder Creek Granitoid;Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Biotite Gneiss
    Rock description Biotite Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.42586, 39.05028

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range, Tarryall Mountains, Puma Hills
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lake George Ring Dike Complex, Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID, TABULAR, PODS
    Strike N30E
    Dip NEARLY VERTICAL; N65W
    Width 15.24M
  • General form LENSOID, TABULAR, PODS
    Strike N30E
    Dip NEARLY VERTICAL; N65W

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 Tarryall Springs District (Puma City)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rocky Mountain Tungsten Corp
    First year 1956

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST 2 ORE HORIZONS UP TO 8-FT WIDE

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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