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Nipple Mountain Prospect

Occurrence in Fremont 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094544
MRDS ID D009186
Record type Site
Current site name Nipple Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.12029, 38.64084 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 14.8 MILES N23E FROM CANON CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Bull Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 016S 069W 21 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SLOPE OF NIPPLE MOUNTAIN; REACHED BY TRAIL FROM PHANTOM CANYON ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Alkalic Volcanic Rock > Phonolite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite;Phonolite
    Rock description Granodiorite;Phonolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.12029, 38.64084
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range, Phonolite Stock

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wall Rock Control; Wolframite In Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Eight Mile Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

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.

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