Mine detail: Powderhorn No. 2 Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 38.24861, -107.04006

Resource(N)

Primary: Vermiculite
Gangue: Augite, Biotite, Magnetite
Orebody form: LENTICULAR, TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Pyroxenite
Associated rock:Pyroxenite;Carbonatite
Associated type:Pyroxenite
Structure:Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Powderhorn Stock
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:Alteration Of Biotite And/Or Phlogopite To Vermiculite

References

MRDSD011390
DEP10101899
Reference{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.}{Deposit:: BUSH, A.L., 1951, SOURCES OF LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATES IN COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 8, P. 339-340.}{Deposit:: LA PLANTE, F.R., 1943, GUNNISON COUNTY ACTIVITIES: COLORADO MINING ASSOC. 1943 MINING YEARBOOK, P. 35-36.}{Deposit:: ALEXANDER, J.D., 1944, ALEXIT* YEAR OF GROWTH: COLORADO MINING ASSOC. 1944 MINING YEARBOOK, P. 85.}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RUDOLPH HILL QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON, HINSDALE, AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1177.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.