Mine detail: Van Buskirk Pegmatite

Previously called 'Van Buskirk Prospect'

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Location: Fremont County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.48057, -105.31085
dep_id: 10013536
mrds_id: D009886
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar
Minor mineral: Mica, Beryllium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Beryl, Microcline, Muscovite
gangue: Apatite, Biotite, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz, Tourmaline
work_type: Unknown
model: 32: Pegmatites
ore_ctrl: Pegmatites, Host Rock Foliation
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Migmatitic Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss,Pegmatite
arock_unit: Quartz Diorite;Granodiorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Southern Front Range, Canon City Embayment, Eightmile Park, Ne - Trending Faults
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
disc_yr: 1945
discr: Magnusson And Sons
References:
  • 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. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1:250,000
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