Mine detail: Newett Quarries

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Location

Lat / long:

38.85306, -105.99782

Resource(B)

Primary:	Feldspar
Secondary:	Uranium, REE
Ore:	Albite
Gangue:	Plagioclase, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Nnw-Trending Faults, Trout Creek Fault, Ne- And Nne-Trending Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	DC04952
DEP	10018143
Reference	{Deposit:: PARKER, RAYMOND L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE UNITED STATES, USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATION RESOURCE MAP MR-36.}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64}
Reporter	Unknown, Collins, Donna B.