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Thompson Canyon Scheelite Occurrences

Occurrence in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013969
MRDS ID D010548
Record type Site
Current site name Thompson Canyon Scheelite Occurrences

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.2442, 40.41804 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 14.5 MILES S37W FROM FORT COLLINS, Within Several Mile Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Masonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Thompson(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt 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 Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 005N 070W 09 NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. LOCATION SELECTED FOR THIS RECORD IS INT ERSECTION OF BIG THOMPSON RIVER AND LAYER OF AMPHIBOLITE, BASED ON TWE TO'S (1960) AND HOBBS' (1968) DESCRIPTIONS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Tonalite;Diorite And Andesite
    Rock description Tonalite;Diorite And Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Amphibolite;Metasedimentary Rocks--Interbedded Quartzofeldspathic Schist And Gneiss
    Rock description Amphibolite;Metasedimentary Rocks--Interbedded Quartzofeldspathic Schist And Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.2442, 40.41804
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thompson Canyon Fault, Dickson Gulch Fault, Gr En Ridge Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Thompson Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORA DO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 55, NO. 7, P. 1406-1428.

  • Deposit

    BRADDOCK, W.A., AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MASONVILLE QU ADRANGLE, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-832.

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S.W., 1968, TUNGSTEN, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF COLORADO: U.S. GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE, P. 108-115.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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