Mine detail: Aberdeen Quarry

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.45028, -106.98673

Resource(N)

Primary:	Stone, Dimension
Ore:	Granite
Gangue:	Apatite, Calcite, Epidote

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1889
Last production ended:	1912

Geology

Host rock:	Metamorphic Rocks--Amphibolite;Metamorphic Rocks--Quartz-Biotite Schist, Gneiss, And Migmatite
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Granite
Associated rock:	Granite Of South Beaver Creek;Diabase Dikes
Associated 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)

References

MRDS	D011128
DEP	10014382
Reference	{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)}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.