| Deposit ID | 10014390 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011136 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kezer No. 2 Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.14091, 38.39667 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2466 |
| Relative position | 15.1 MILES S 50 W FROM GUNNISON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gunnison(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Carpenter Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)
Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)
Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(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 | Gunnison |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 048N | 002W | 19 | NW OF SW OF NW OF SE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Powellite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Porphyritic Syenite;Granitic Dikes Of Wolf Creek;Melasyenite;Quartz Vein | ||||||
| Rock description | Porphyritic Syenite;Granitic Dikes Of Wolf Creek;Melasyenite;Quartz Vein | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite |
| Rock unit name | Black Canyon Schist |
| Rock description | Black Canyon Schist |
| (1) | -107.14091, 38.39667 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Unnamed Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Wolf Creek Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011136 |
HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARPENTER RIDGE QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1070.
ARGALL, G.O., JR., 1943, SCHEELITE OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: MINES MAG., V. 33, NO. 6, P. 313-314.
OLSON, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1977, AGE AND TECTONIC SETTING OF LOWER PALEOZOIC ALKALIC AND MAFIC ROCKS, CARBONATITES, AND THORIUM VEINS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS JOUR. RESEARCH, V. 5, NO. 6, P. 673-687.
BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM IC-7748, P. 13.
SHARPS, T.I., 1965, TUNGSTEN IN COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULL., V. 8, NO. 5, P. 7.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PROSPECT PROBABLY LIES WITHIN COMPOSITE SYENITE INTRUSION ALONG WOLF CREEK. QUARTZ VEIN TRENDS N 34 E, 70 SE, AND INTERSECTS TWO GRANITE DIKES TRENDING GENERALLY NORTH-SOUTH AND EAST-WEST. BELSER (1956) DESCRIBES VEIN AS HAVING ANDESITE FOOTWALL AND CHLORITIZED SCHIST HANGING WALL, STRIKING NE AND DIPPING ABOUT 45 SE. VEIN FILLING IS ALTERED COUNTRY ROCK WITH SOME QUARTZ, SCHEELITE, AND POWELLITE. W MINERALIZATION GREATER NEAR HANGING WALL. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1984 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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