Mine detail: Row
* South Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.675, -105.48364

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mica, Feldspar
Tertiary:	Beryllium
Ore:	Microcline, Muscovite
Gangue:	Plagioclase
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, DIKE-LIKE
Discovery year:	1950

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect
First production started:	1950

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Quartz Diorite Of Boulder Creek Age
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Southern Front Range, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Fault Zone; Numerous Faults Strike N 70 W, Dip 45 Ne Cross Dikes
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D009868
DEP	10013520
Reference	{Deposit:: HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W., PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, P. 42-55}{Deposit:: WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500}{Deposit:: STERRETT, D.B., 1923, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULLETIN 740, P. 51-55.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.