Commodities
PrimaryFeldspar
SecondaryUranium, REE
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlRare Earth Minerals Concentrated In Pegmatite Cores
Materials
Ore mineralsAlbite
GanguePlagioclase, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite · Granodiorite
StructureMosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, Nnw-Trending Faults, Trout Creek Fault, Ne- And Nne-Trending Syncline
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10018143
MRDS IDDC04952
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.85306, -105.99782
References
PARKER, RAYMOND L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE UNITED STATES, USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATION RESOURCE MAP MR-36.SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64