Mine detail: Blue Brute

Previously called 'Sevilla QueenSavilla Queen No. 2'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.62139, -105.96559

Resource(B)

Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Mica
Ore: Beryl

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Arkansas Valley Graben, Southern Mosquito Range, E-W-Trending En Echelon Faults
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD010258
DEP10087833
Reference{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. 23.}{Deposit:: BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.}{Deposit:: BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1DEGX2DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000}{Deposit:: 5) BHUTTA, M. A., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES PHD THESIS, 173 P.}{Production:: MEEVES, H.C. (1966)}
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