Commodities
PrimaryStone, Dimension
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Ore mineralsGranite
GangueApatite, Calcite, Epidote
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite,Granite · Metamorphic Rocks--Amphibolite;Metamorphic Rocks--Quartz-Biotite Schist, Gneiss, And Migmatite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diabase,Granite · Granite Of South Beaver Creek;Diabase Dikes
StructureGunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, West Elk Centers, Gunnison Gold Belt, Unnamed Syncline
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1889
Last production1912
Identification
Deposit ID10014382
MRDS IDD011128
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.45028, -106.98673
References
HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRIS NW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1134.HEDLUND, D.C., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BIG MESA QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1153.ARGALL, G.O., JR., 1949, DIMENSION STONE, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, P. 135-137.HUNTER, J.F., 1914, THE ABERDEEN GRANITE QUARRY NEAR GUNNISON: USGS BULL. 540, P. 359-362.HUNTER (1914)