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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