Mine detail: Clora May Mine

Previously called 'Clara May LodeMina Blanca'

Location:	Chaffee County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.85972, -105.99504
dep_id:	10013701
mrds_id:	D010132
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Feldspar
Minor mineral:	REE, Bismuth
Trace mineral:	Beryllium, Uranium, Thorium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Allanite, Beryl, Bismutite, Euxenite, Xenotime
gangue:	Biotite, Garnet, Plagioclase, Quartz
work_type:	Unknown
ore_ctrl:	Pegmatite
Reporter:	Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit:	Migmatitic Gmeiss
hrock_type:	Mica Schist,Granite
arock_unit:	Granodiorite
arock_type:	Diorite
Structure:	Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Nnw-Trending Faults
tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
References:	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.