Mine detail: Niles Mine

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.26001, -105.55475
dep_id: 10013423
mrds_id: D009706
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Vermiculite
Trace mineral: REE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Vermiculite
orebody_fm: PIPE
work_type: Surface
model: 27: Alkaline complexes
ore_ctrl: Carbonatite Dikes
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_type: Gabbro
arock_unit: Gabbro Of The Gem Park Complex;Dolomite-Barite-Monazite Carbonatite Dike Of The Gem Park Complex
arock_type: Gabbro,Dolomite
Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains), Gem Park Complex
tectonic: Wet Mountains
ylp_ba: <
yr_lst_prd: 1945
References:
  • Deposit:: PARKER, R. L. AND SHARP, W. N., 1970, MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC IGNEOUS ROCKS AND ASSOCIATED CARBONATITES OF THE GEM PARK COMPLEX, CUSTER AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 649, 24 P.
  • Deposit:: TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A. AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1: 62,500
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