Mine detail: Devi* Hole Quarry

Previously called 'Zingheim QuarryWild Rose ClaimFederal Quarry'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.4714, -105.58641

Resource(B)

Primary: Stone, Feldspar, Mica
Secondary: Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Quartz
Ore: Beryl, Feldspar, Mica, Columbite, Tantalite
Gangue: Apatite, Biotite, Garnet, Magnetite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1922

Production

Operation type: Surface
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1944

Geology

Host rock:Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:Schist,Gneiss,Pegmatite
Associated rock:Quartz Monzonite Of Silver Plume Age
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Southern Front Range, Near Offshoot To Ne Of Nnw-Trending Texas Creek Fault
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains

References

MRDSD009846
DEP10013503
Reference{Deposit:: HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W. AND PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, P. 55-61.}{Deposit:: MEEVES, H.C. HARRER, C.M., SALSBURY, M.H., KONSELMAN, A.S. AND SHANNON, S.S. JR., 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES; ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, SOUTH DAKOTA, UTAH AND WYOMING: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8298, P. 7-9, 26.}{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}{Deposit:: HANLEY, J.B., 1947, PEGMATITES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO, PART II: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 466-470}{Deposit:: STERRETT, D.B., 1923, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULLETIN 740, P. 49-56.}{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W. AND VIAN, R.W., 1965, THE CHIEF LITHIUM PEGMATITE, DEVILS HOLE, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 50, NOS. 1-2, P. 96-104}{Production:: HANLEY, J.B. AND OTHERS, 1950}
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