Mine detail: Rose Dawn Mine

Previously called 'Rose Dawn Mica Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.76861, -105.48391

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mica, Feldspar
Secondary:	Beryllium
Ore:	Beryl, Microcline, Muscovite
Gangue:	Apatite, Garnet
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1923

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1923

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Quartz Diorite Of Boulder Creek Age
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Southern Front Range, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D009877
DEP	10013527
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.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.