Mine detail: School Section Mine

Previously called 'Shipley CutMeyers Cut'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.47168, -105.34446

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mica, Beryllium, Feldspar
Secondary:	Garnet
Tertiary:	Niobium (Columbium), Bismuth, Thorium, Copper, Silver
Ore:	Beryl, Bismutite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Columbite, Covellite, Malachite, Microcline, Muscovite, Silver, Thorite
Gangue:	Apatite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, PIPE-LIKE TO SHEET-LIKE
Discovery year:	1929

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1929

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Quartz Diorite;Granodiorite (Pikes Peak Granite)
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Southern Front Range, Canon City Embayment, Eightmile Park, Ne-Trending Faults, Structures
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D009882
DEP	10013532
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. 40.}{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1948, PEGMATITES OF EIGHT MILE PARK, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 33, NOS. 7-10, P. 420-448, 550-587.}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., 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:: ECKEL, E.B., 1960, MINERALS OF COLORADO, A 100-YEAR RECORD: USGS BULLETIN 1114, P. 20, 339.}{Production:: HANLEY, J.B. (1950)}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.