Mine detail: Rose Dawn Mine

Previously called 'Rose Dawn Mica Mine'

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Location: Park County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.76861, -105.48391
dep_id: 10013527
mrds_id: D009877
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica, Feldspar
Minor mineral: Beryllium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Beryl, Microcline, Muscovite
gangue: Apatite, Garnet
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Unknown
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
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1923
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1923
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.
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