Mine detail: Marble Mountain Deposit

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Location: Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.46141, -106.47199
dep_id: 10094257
mrds_id: D002160
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Aluminum, Potassium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Alunite
gangue: Cristobalite, Kaolinite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREG LENSES
Reporter: Hall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C.
hrock_unit: Oligo Summitville Andesite
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
disc_yr: 1915
discr: John Vogt
References:
  • Deposit:: CROSS, W. AND LARSEN, E. S., 1935 , A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 843 , 138 P.
  • Deposit:: GARDNER, L. S., 1943 , UNPUB. REPT. IN USGS FILE
  • Deposit:: STEVEN, T. A., LIPMAN, P. W., HAIL, W. J., JR., BARKER, FRED, AND LUEDKE, R. G., COMPILERS, 1974 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURANGO QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO, USGS MISC. INV. MAP I-764 , SCALE 1:250,000
  • Deposit:: 1915 DIREXPL VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS: PROS* WORKS
  • Deposit:: 1942 GEOLMAP L. S. GARDNER: UNPUB. REPT.
  • Deposit:: 1943 RECON USBM: UNPUB. MAP
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