Mine detail: Phantom Lode

Previously called 'Phantom Canyon Beryl ProspectPhantom Canyon Feldspar Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.56918, -105.11724

Resource(B)

Primary:	Feldspar, Mica
Tertiary:	REE, Niobium (Columbium), Fluorine-Fluorite, Tantalum, Beryllium
Ore:	Beryl, Feldspar, Fluorite, Mica
Gangue:	Garnet
Discovery year:	1938

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1939

Geology

Associated rock:	Granite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Southern Front Range, Ne-And Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D009874
DEP	10013524
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. 41.}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G. R., TAYLOR, R. B., EPIS, R. C. AND WOBUS, R. A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10X20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: MEEVES, H. C., HARRER, C. M., SALSBURY, M. H., KONSELMAN, A. S., 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. 26}{Production:: HANLEY, J. B., 1950, P. 41.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.