Mine detail: Row* North Mine

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Location: Fremont County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.68444, -105.48614
dep_id: 10013522
mrds_id: D009871
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica, Feldspar
Operation type: Surface
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Microcline, Muscovite
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
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.
  • Reserve-Resource:: HANLEY, J. B. AND OTHERS, 1950
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