Mine detail: I. Kreiner Mine

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Location: Saguache County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.04862, -105.72419
dep_id: 10012943
mrds_id: D008971
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Quartz, Feldspar
Trace mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Surface
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Feldspar, Quartz
gangue: Beryl, Mica, Specularite, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 32: Pegmatites
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_unit: Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
arock_type: Diorite,Pegmatite
Structure: Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift, Sangre De Cristo Fault
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 390
  • Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MF-628
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