| Deposit ID | 10087832 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010256 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bonus Extension Group |
| Related records | 10239037 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.00058, 38.59944 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2608 |
| Relative position | 4.7 MILES N 05 W OF SALIDA POST OFFICE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chaffee(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Salida West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Chaffee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 050N | 009E | 07,08,06 | SW OF NW (08) | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Secondary |
| Tantalum Critical | Secondary |
| Mica | Tertiary |
| Feldspar | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Ore |
| Columbite | Ore |
| Microcline | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Tantalite | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Martite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | COLUMBITE-TANTALITE ABOUT 35% TA2O5 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Migmatitic Gneiss |
| Rock description | Migmatitic Gneiss |
| (1) | -106.00058, 38.59944 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Zone Of Pegmatite Dikes |
| Strike | N 50-70 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | STEEP TO NORTH AND SOUTH |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| District name | Salida Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | John Kostelc |
| Home office | Salida, Co. |
| First year | 1974 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010256 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080150050 |
MEEVES, 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. 23.
BOARDMAN, 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 ALSTINE, R.E. (1974)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 9 EN-ECHELON EXPOSURE OF UNZONED BODIES |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1950'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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