Mine detail: Aberdeen Quarry

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.45028, -106.98673
dep_id: 10014382
mrds_id: D011128
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Granite
gangue: Apatite, Calcite, Epidote
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Metamorphic Rocks--Amphibolite;Metamorphic Rocks--Quartz-Biotite Schist, Gneiss, And Migmatite
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Granite
arock_unit: Granite Of South Beaver Creek;Diabase Dikes
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diabase,Granite
Structure: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, West Elk Centers, Gunnison Gold Belt, Unnamed Syncline
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Year first produced: 1889
yr_lst_prd: 1912
References:
  • Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS NW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1134.
  • Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BIG MESA QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1153.
  • Deposit:: ARGALL, G.O., JR., 1949, DIMENSION STONE, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, P. 135-137.
  • Deposit:: HUNTER, J.F., 1914, THE ABERDEEN GRANITE QUARRY NEAR GUNNISON: USGS BULL. 540, P. 359-362.
  • Production:: HUNTER (1914)
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