Mine detail: Mcmullin Lease No. 2

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Location: Fremont County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.47779, -105.3214
dep_id: 10013537
mrds_id: D009890
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar
Minor mineral: Mica, Beryllium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Beryl, Microcline, Muscovite
gangue: Magnetite, Quartz
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 (Pikes Peak Granite)
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Southern Front Range, Canon City Embayment, Eightmile Park, Ne-Trending Faults
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1948
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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