Mine detail: Titan Mine

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

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.2825, -107.08784
dep_id: 10014565
mrds_id: D011391
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Vermiculite
Trace mineral: Titanium, Metal
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Augite, Biotite, Magnetite, Perovskite
alteration: Alteration Of Biotite And/Or Phlogopite To Vermiculite
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Dubois Greenstone--Felsite And Felsite Porphyry
hrock_type: Pyroxenite
arock_unit: Pyroxenite;Powderhorn Granite
arock_type: Pyroxenite,Granite
Structure: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Powderhorn Stock
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
yr_lst_prd: 1961
References:
  • 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.
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