| Deposit ID | 10094654 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010547 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ball Scheelite Mine |
| Related records | 10118617 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.24809, 40.55387 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1999 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | 9.2 MILES S78W FROM FORT COLLINS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Larimer(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Horsetooth Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fort Collins(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Larimer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 007N | 070W | 20,21 | SE OF SE (20); SW OF SW 21 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Boulder Creek Granodiorite | ||||||
| Rock description | Boulder Creek Granodiorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Metasedimentary Rocks--Quartzofeldspathic Schist And Gneiss;Amphibolite |
| Rock description | Metasedimentary Rocks--Quartzofeldspathic Schist And Gneiss;Amphibolite |
| (1) | Biotitic gneiss, schist, and migmatite |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Front Range Uplift |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Redstone Fault |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Horsetooth Mountain Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Florence Ball |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010547 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080690016 |
BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISO N, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM IC-7748, P . 18.
USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)
COLTON, R.B., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BOULDER-FORT COLLINS-GREELE Y AREA, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-855-G.
TWETO, OGDEN, 1960, SCHEELITE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES OF COLORA DO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 55, NO. 7, P. 1406-1428.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NW-TRENDING REDSTONE FAULT DISPLACES QUARTZOFELDSPATHIC SCHIST AN D GNEISS ON SW AGAINST NW-TRENDING LAYER OF AMPHIBOLITE LOCALLY CONTAI NING CALC-SILICATE GNEISS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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