Mine detail: Apex Mine

Previously called 'Apex Copper Company MinePatented Claims: Apex, KaneskoUnpatent Ed Claims: Rosella, Little May, Apex No. 2, Apex No. 7'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.04167, -105.39475

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Tungsten, Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Scheelite, Silver
Gangue:	Fluorite, Muscovite, Quartz, Siderite, Topaz
Discovery year:	1955

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1921
Last production ended:	1921

Geology

Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated rock:	Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Tarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats, Tappan M Ountain Stock, Badger Flats Fault, Minor Faults, Round Mountain Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Greisenization

References

MRDS	D010528
DEP	10013954
Reference	{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C.C., 1969, GEOLOGY AND BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE GEOR GE (OR BADGER FLATS) BERYLLIUM AREA, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLO RADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-A, 44 P.}{Deposit:: MEEVES, H.C., 1966, NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES IN ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, UTAH, AND FOUR ADJACENT STATES: USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6828, P. 25-34.}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C.C. AND GRIFFITTS, W.R., 1968, DISTRIBUTION OF BERYLLIUM, TIN, AND TUNGSTEN IN THE LAKE GEORGE AREA, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 597 , 18 P.}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1977, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY O F THE PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLO RADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-B, 77 P.}{Deposit:: SIEMS, P.L., 1963, BERLLIUM: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL INDU STRIES BULLETIN, V. 6, NO. 3, 15P.}{Deposit:: WORCESTER, P.G. 1919, MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF COLORADO: CGS BULLETI N 14, P. 73-74.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.