Mine detail: Clora May Mine

Previously called 'Clara May LodeMina Blanca'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.85972, -105.99504

Resource(B)

Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: REE, Bismuth
Tertiary: Beryllium, Uranium, Thorium
Ore: Allanite, Beryl, Bismutite, Euxenite, Xenotime
Gangue: Biotite, Garnet, Plagioclase, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Migmatitic Gmeiss
Host type:Mica Schist,Granite
Associated rock:Granodiorite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Nnw-Trending Faults
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD010132
DEP10013701
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. 21-22}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000}{Deposit:: ARGALL, G.O., JR., 1949, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 44, NO. 2, P. 160}{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.23}{Production:: MEEVES, H.C. (1966)}{Reserve-Resource:: HANLEY, J.B., 1950.}
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