Mine detail: Consolidated Feldspar Corporation Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.48945, -105.33946

Resource(B)

Primary: Feldspar, Mica
Secondary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
Ore: Beryl, Microcline, Muscovite
Gangue: Biotite, Garnet, Tourmaline
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss,Pegmatite
Associated rock:Pegmatite
Associated type:Pegmatite
Structure:Southern Front Range, Folding, Faulting
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSDC04229
DEP10017765
Reference{Deposit:: USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: MEEVES, H.C., HARRER, C.M., SALSBURY, M.H., KONSELMAN, A.S. AND SHANNON, S.S., JR., 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES; ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, SOUTH DAKOTA, UTAH AND WYOMING: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8298, 34 P.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64 F5) HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W., PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, P. 34-42. F5) HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W., PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, P. 34-42.}
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