Mine detail: Silver Rocker Group

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Location: Chaffee County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.62639, -105.95615
dep_id: 10018352
mrds_id: DC05273
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar, Mica
Minor mineral: Beryllium, Tantalum, Garnet, Niobium (Columbium)
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Albite, Beryl, Columbite, Garnet, Muscovite, Orthoclase, Tantalite
gangue: Quartz, Tourmaline
Reporter: Unknown, Collins, Donna B.
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_unit: Granodiorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Southern Mosquito Range
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
References:
  • Deposit:: MEEVES, H.C., HARRER, C.M., SALSBURY, M.H., KONSELMAN, A.S., 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, P. 24.
  • Deposit:: USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILES
  • 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
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