| Deposit ID | 10013767 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010234 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Venture No. 2 Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Luckie, Lucky 2 Claim, Venture No. 2-Luckie Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.10171, 38.43611 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2758 |
| Relative position | 5.6 MILES S 13 W OF PONCHA SPRINGS MAIN INTERSECTION |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chaffee(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Poncha Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Montrose(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
Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Chaffee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 048N | 008E | 08 | NE OF NE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Interlayered Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses |
| Rock description | Interlayered Felsic And Hornblendic Gneisses |
| (1) | -106.10171, 38.43611 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southern Sawatch Range, Northern Sangre De Cristo Range, Arkansas Valley Graben |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Skarn Zone Along Nw-Trending Fault Zone; Fault Intersections |
| Strike | NW |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 NE |
| Length | 18.29M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Poncha Pass Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mining Ventures, Inc. |
| First year | 1960 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | John Butala |
| First year | 1960 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010234 |
COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO: COLORADO METAL MINING FUND BOARD, P.
BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 3-7.
SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1DEG X 2DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000
LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-25, TEXT.
LEMMON, D.M. (1962), BELSER, CARL (1956)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 1 INCH STREAK OF SCHEELITE NEAR BOTTOM OF SCHAFT NEARLY PURE; REST OF VEIN EXPOSES LOW-GRADE SCHEELITE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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