| Deposit ID | 10013955 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010529 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Crescent Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.5478, 38.71944 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2774 |
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
| Relative position | 2.5 MILES S33W OF GUFFEY |
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)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)
Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Park |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 015S | 073W | 27 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 15% ZN |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Idaho Springs Formation, Biotite Gneiss |
| Rock description | Idaho Springs Formation, Biotite Gneiss |
| (1) | -105.5478, 38.71944 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southern Front Range, Northern Wet Mountains, Thirtynine Mile Volca Nic Field, Guffey Volcanic Center |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Currant Creek Fault |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1919 |
| Year of first production | 1919 |
| District name | Guffey (Freshwater) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alfred Dell, Guffey, Co. And F.M. Woods Investment Co. |
| Home office | Colorado Springs, Co |
| First year | 1919 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 128.02M |
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010529 |
BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISO N, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P. 19-26
EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500
WORCESTER, P.G., 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO, WITH GENERA L NOTES ON THE MOLYBDENUM INDUSTRY: CGS BULLETIN 14, P. 76-77 5)
LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-25.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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