Venture No. 1 Claim

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013093
MRDS ID D009191
Record type Site
Current site name Venture No. 1 Claim
Alternate or previous names Venture No. 1
Related records 10239273

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.46002, 38.63861 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 8.9 MILES S 21 E FROM GUFFEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cover Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 016S 072W 29 NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF CURRANT CREEK; POOR ACCESS ROAD ABOUT 1 MILE LONG CONNECTS PROPERTY TO STATE HWY 9; ABOUT ONE MILE NE OF ISABL MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE OCCURS AS FLAKES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss; Idaho Springs Formation
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss; Idaho Springs Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss > Migmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.46002, 38.63861

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range, Thirty One Mile Mountain And Antelope Mountain Volcanic Centers
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault Zone And Related Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 243.84M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wall Rock Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mining district

District name Guffey, Currant Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mining Ventures, Inc.
    First year 1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT (10 FT), 6 SHALLOW TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDDING AND VEINS BOTH STRIKE NW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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