West Tungsten Prospect

Occurrence in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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 10094341
MRDS ID D004978
Record type Site
Current site name West Tungsten Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.52308, 38.73444 (WGS84)

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 15S 73W 23 NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF GUFFEY ALONG FRESHWATER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Sphene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.52308, 38.73444

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Guffey Volcanic Center
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault Zone And Related North And Northwest-Trending Faults Intersecting Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form PODLIKE, LENSOID
    Strike N OR NW
    Dip STEEP TO VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wall Rock Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guffey (Freshwater) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clyde West
    Home office Guffey, Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 Collins, Donna B. U.S. 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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