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Genessee Mountain Scheelite Occurrence

Occurrence in Jefferson 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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013753
MRDS ID D010214
Record type Site
Current site name Genessee Mountain Scheelite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.27808, 39.70805 (WGS84)
Elevation 2280
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES S 25 W FROM GOLDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Evergreen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 004S 071W 12,13 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 40 ABOUT ONE MILE NE OF GENESSEE MTN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR C NE NE SEC. 13 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Wernerite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;Lamprophyre
    Rock description Pegmatite;Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Idaho Springs Formation---Feldspar-Rich Gneiss;Idaho Springs Formation---Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite
    Rock description Idaho Springs Formation---Feldspar-Rich Gneiss;Idaho Springs Formation---Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.27808, 39.70805
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Junction Ranch Fault System, Blackhawk Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Vernon Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUGH SCHEELITE CRYSTALS, SOME OF WHICH ARE IMBEDDED IN GARNET, OCCUR IN CALC-SILICATE GNEISS. FOLIATION TRENDS NW TO WNW, DIP SW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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