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Silver Rocker Group

Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Garnet
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018352
MRDS ID DC05273
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Rocker Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.95615, 38.62639 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 6.8 MILES N18E OF SALIDA POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cameron Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 51N 09E 33,34 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS ARE ALONG ROAD FROM RAILROAD GULCH NW TO ABANDONED TOWN OF TURRET ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary
Tantalum Critical Secondary
Garnet Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Ore
Beryl Ore
Columbite Ore
Garnet Ore
Muscovite Ore
Orthoclase Ore
Tantalite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Mosquito Range

Ore body information

  • Length 457.2M
    Width 76.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: POORLY ZONED PEGMATITE, NARROW LENTICULAR OUTCROPS. CHIEF MIN: QTZ., MICROCLINE, ORTHOCLASE, ALBITE, MUSCOVITE. ACC. MIN.: GARNET, TOURMALINE, BERYL, COLUMBITE, TANTALITE. RARE EARTHS IN VERY SMALL QUANTITIES REPORTED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Turret District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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. 24.

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILES

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY ZONED PEGMATITE WITH NARROW, LENTICULAR OUTCROPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1983 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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