Skinney Claim

Occurrence in Park 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013094
MRDS ID D009193
Record type Site
Current site name Skinney Claim
Alternate or previous names Lues Ranch Prospect, Lues Gulch Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.51169, 38.72917 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 1.5 MILES S25E FROM GUFFEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thirtyone Mile 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015S 073W 24 S2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR STATE HWY 9 AND 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF GUFFEY BY ROAD; NORTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF LUES (LOUIS) GULCH, A TRIBUTARY TO CURRANT CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS, GRAINS, FLAKES, COATINGS, DISPERSED IN SKARN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 TO 5 PPM BE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Biotite Gneiss, Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Biotite Gneiss, Migmatitic Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.51169, 38.72917

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirtyone Mile Mountain Volcanic Center, Front Range, Guffey Volcanic Center
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
    Strike NW (FOLIATION)
    Dip MODERATELY TO STEEPLY NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wall Rock Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIME-SILICATE BEDS FOLLOW FOLIATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guffey District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. D. West, Et Al.
    First year 1956

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW CUT, A FEW SMALL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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