| Deposit ID | 10094548 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009208 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Abel Mineral Land Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Abell Ranch, Abel Property and Holmes Ranch |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.43336, 39.01278 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2652 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 4.75 MILES N 58 W OF TOWN OF LAKE GEORGE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Park |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 012S | 072W | 15 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Vesuvianite | Gangue |
| Wollastonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Rock unit name | Pegmatites Possibly Realted To Boulder Creek Granitoid;Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock description | Pegmatites Possibly Realted 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 |
| (1) | -105.43336, 39.01278 |
|---|
| 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 |
| General form | LENSOID, TABULAR, PODS |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | NEARLY VERTICAL |
| Length | 396.24M |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Tarryall Springs District (Puma City) |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. C. Abel |
| First year | 1956 |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 10.97M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009208 |
BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 19-26
BRYANT, BRUCE, MCGREW, L.W., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163, 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZED ZONE CONTINUES SOUTHWESTWARD ONTO HOLMES RANCH |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1982 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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