Mine detail: Row* South Prospect

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Location: Fremont County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.675, -105.48364
dep_id: 10013520
mrds_id: D009868
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica, Feldspar
Trace mineral: Beryllium
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Microcline, Muscovite
gangue: Plagioclase
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR, DIKE-LIKE
work_type: Unknown
model: 32: Pegmatites
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Quartz Diorite Of Boulder Creek Age
arock_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)
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1950
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1950
References:
  • 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.
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