Mine detail: Big Chief Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

45.51768, -112.11337

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mica
Tertiary:	Beryllium
Gangue:	Apatite, Biotite, Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz
Orebody form:	PODS, PIPES
Other material:	Beryl

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1943
Last production ended:	1944

Geology

Host rock:	Cherry Creek
Host type:	Schist
Structure:	High Angle E And Ne Trending Faults

References

MRDS	D009420
DEP	10013233
Reference	M.B.M.G. MEM. 28, 1949, P. 22-23
Reporter	Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)