Mine detail: Meyers Ranch

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.79306, -105.59586

Resource(B)

Primary: Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium)
Secondary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal, Uranium, Thorium, Tin, Bismuth
Ore: Beryl, Bismutite, Columbite, Microcline, Monazite
Gangue: Apatite, Garnet, Plagioclase, Quartz, Schorlite
Orebody form: OVOID LENS
Other material: Muscovite
Discovery year: 1908

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1908

Geology

Host rock:Biotite Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss,Granite
Structure:Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field, Guffey Volcanic Center, Currant Creek Fault Zone, Other Faults
Tectonic:Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mountains

References

MRDSD009084
DEP10013023
Reference{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W. AND BEVER, J.E., 1957, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUFFEY AREA, PARK AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUARTERLY, V.52, NO. 4, P. 23-35.}{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN. DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.}{Deposit:: EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GUFFEY QUADRANGLE, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1180, 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: HANLEY, J.B., AND OTHERS, 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROF. PAPER 227, P. 105-107}
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