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Lookout and Challenger Deposits

Past Producer 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008719
MRDS ID D001066
Record type Site
Current site name Lookout and Challenger Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.41726, 40.63331 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Narrows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(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 008N 071W 23,24 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.41726, 40.63331
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Period 1952-1953
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1 REFERS TO LOOKOUT MINE. PRODUCTION FROM CHALLENGER WAS A FEW TONS OF 0.57 PERCENT ORE IN 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLO. STATE METAL MINING FUND, 1960, TUNGSTEN MINES OF COLORADO, P.19 AND P.46.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULL. (COLO. SCH. MINES RESEARCH FOUNDATION), 1965, TUNGSTEN IN COLORADO, 3P.

  • Production

    COLO. STATE METAL MINING FUND, 1960.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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