Mine detail: Katydid Mine

Previously called 'Rogers Publishing Co. Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.03889, -105.5378

Resource(B)

Primary: Feldspar, Mica
Tertiary: Uranium
Ore: Feldspar, Mica
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1920

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1920

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite,Granite
Associated rock:Pikes Peak Granite; Granite Pegmatite
Associated type:Pegmatite
Structure:Front Range, Puma Hills, N- And Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD010344
DEP10111293
Reference{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 369}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, MCGREW, L.W., WOBUS, R.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163, 1:250,000}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1977, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-B, 77 P., MAPS}
ReporterCollins, Donna B.