Mine detail: Crystal Peak Topaz Prospects

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Location: Teller County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.99556, -105.28919
dep_id: 10010856
mrds_id: D004872
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gemstone, Feldspar
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
orebody_fm: TABULAR
alteration: Slight Adv Argillic
conc_proc: Magmatic Differ. Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Igneous
Reporter: Foord, Suzann C
hrock_type: Granite
References:
  • Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., 1961, MINERALS OF COLORADO A 100-YEAR RECORD USGS BULLETIN 1114, 399 P.
  • Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1953, ZONING IN PEGMATITE DISTRICTS, AM MIN, VOL. 38 NO. 1-2, PG 76.
  • Deposit:: PEARL, R.M., 1958, COLORADO GEM AND MINERAL TRAILS: SAGE BOOKS DENVER P. 108-113.
  • Deposit:: WHITE, G.M., 1935, THE CRYSTAL PEAK REGION NEAR FLORISSANT, COLORADO: ROCKS AND MINERALS VOL. 10, A12 P. 184-187.
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