Colorado · Chaffee County
Past Producer

Rock King Prospect

Chaffee County, Colorado, United States
FeldsparMicaBerylliumTantalumNiobium (Columbium)
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Description

Harvey S. Moyer, Turret, Co

Commodities
PrimaryFeldspar, Mica
SecondaryBeryllium
TertiaryTantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlPegmatite
Materials
Ore mineralsAlbite, Beryl, Microcline, Muscovite
GangueBiotite, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Granite
Associated rockDiorite · Granodiorite
StructureSouthern Mosquito Range, Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field, Arkansas Valley Graben, E-W-Trending Faults, Pegmatite Dikes
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1937
Identification
Deposit ID10013782
MRDS IDD010264
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.63222, -105.95948
References
HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W., PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, P. 23-27SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000MEEVES, 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. 24BOARDMAN, 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.BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.VAN DIVER, B.B., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE CALUMET MINING DISTRICT, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO THESIS, P. 83BOARDMAN, S.J. (1976)