Tappan Mtn Prospect Pit

Prospect in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Tin, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143468
MAS/MILS ID 0080930004
Record type Site
Current site name Tappan Mtn Prospect Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -105.37478, 39.0769 (WGS84)
Elevation 2493
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hackett Mountain(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 011 S 071 W 19 NESW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -105.37478, 39.0769

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 90N
    Thickness 2M
    Length 0M
    Width 0.4M
    Area 2HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip :90N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 820406

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name Lake George District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT SHOWS MINOR OCCURRENCES OF TIN AND TUNGSTEN MINERAL REFER TO 040: COUNTY ROAD 77 2 MILES WEST OF PROSPECT REFER TO 050: GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING (SOIL, STREAM, AND BEDRO INDICATES TIN AND TUNGSTEN ANOMALIES IN TAPPAN MOUNTAIN AR REFERENCE TO 070: CASSITERITE FOUND IN SMALL DISSEMINATED GR ALTERATION ZONE. SCHEELITE FOUND IN AND AROUND GREISEN ALT ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.