Mine detail: Meyers Mine

Previously called 'Suzana ClaimsSuzanna ClaimsMeyers QuarryMeyers-Halstead Quarry'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.48084, -105.29168

Resource(B)

Primary: Feldspar, Mica
Secondary: Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Tantalum, Lithium, Uranium, Copper, Bismuth, Lead
Ore: Albite, Amblygonite, Beryl, Bismutite, Lepidolite, Microcline, Muscovite
Gangue: Apatite, Garnet, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form: LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR, WITH MANY BRANCHINGS
Discovery year: 1929

Production

Operation type: Surface
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1942

Geology

Host rock:Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:Pegmatite, Granodiorite
Associated type:Granodiorite,Pegmatite
Structure:Southern Front Range, Canon City Embayment, Ne-Trending Fault
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD009881
DEP10013531
Reference{Deposit:: HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W. AND PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, P. 37-40.}{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1948, PEGMATITES OF EIGHT MILE PARK, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 33, P. 420-448.}{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}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1:62,500}{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W. AND VIAN, R.W., 1965, THE CHIEF LITHIUM PEGMATITE, DEVILS HOLE, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V.50, NO. 1, P. 96-102.}{Deposit:: LANDES, K.K., 1935, COLORADO PEGMATITES: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 20, NO. 5, P. 328-329}{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1948, PEGMATITES OF EIGHT MILE PARK, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 33, NOS. 7-10, P. 420-448, 550-587}{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., AND COREY, A.S., 1955, MONTEBRASITE FROM EIGHT MILE PARK, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 40, NOS. 11-12, P. 1141-1145.}{Production:: HANLEY, J.B. AND OTHERS, 1950;}
ReporterCollins, Donna B. (Parker, Raymond L.)