Mine detail: Roscoe Gulch Pegmatites

Previously called 'Roscoe Gulch Pegmatite'

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Location: Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.74721, -105.37336
dep_id: 10013728
mrds_id: D010185
mas_id: 80590163
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium
Minor mineral: REE
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Allanite, Beryl, Microcline, Monazite, Muscovite
gangue: Garnet, Magnetite, Tourmaline
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Wilson, Anna B.
hrock_unit: Pegmatite;Idaho Springs Formation---Interlayered Feldspar-Rich Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss, Amphibolite, Biotite Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin, Blackhawk Fault, Unnamed Syncline
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EVERGREEN QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-786-A
  • Deposit:: MEEVES, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 28
  • Deposit:: USBM MIN. EXAM. FILE, REPT. OF 6/1/59 (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)
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