Mine detail: Titan Mine

Previously called 'Aaberite MinesHorseshoe, MS 2625Centre, MS 2625Patented Claims: Iowa, MS 2625'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.2825, -107.08784

Resource(B)

Primary:	Vermiculite
Tertiary:	Titanium, Metal
Gangue:	Augite, Biotite, Magnetite, Perovskite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1961

Geology

Host rock:	Dubois Greenstone--Felsite And Felsite Porphyry
Host type:	Pyroxenite
Associated rock:	Pyroxenite;Powderhorn Granite
Associated type:	Pyroxenite,Granite
Structure:	Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Powderhorn Stock
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Alteration Of Biotite And/Or Phlogopite To Vermiculite

References

MRDS	D011391
DEP	10014565
Reference	{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 2625}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.