The Clora May Mine is a feldspar mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,999 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar
Lat, Long: 38.85972, -105.99444
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Clora May Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clora May Mine
Secondary: Clara May Lode
Secondary: Mina Blanca
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: REE
Secondary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Thorium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Trout Creek Pass Region
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: M And S, Inc.
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type: L
Description: Nnw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Euxenite
Ore: Allanite
Ore: Bismutite
Ore: Xenotime
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES COULD BE GREATER THAN INDICATED
Comment (Deposit): ZONED; CORE IS QUARTZ PEGMATITE, INTERMEDIATE ZONE IS QUARTZ-PLAGIOCLASEALBITE PEGMATITE; WALL IS GRANITE, OR QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST
Comment (Workings): 1 LARGE, 1 SMALL PIT; MAIN CUT 100 X 40 X 30 FT
Comment (Commodity): EUXENITE REPORTED TO OCCUR IN MASSES 8-10 INCHES IN DIAMETER
Comment (Location): NEAR INTERSECTION OF TROUT CREEK AND MUSH ROOM GULCH; ABOUT 0.5 MILE EAST OF HIGHWAY 24. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000
Reference (Deposit): ARGALL, G.O., JR., 1949, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 44, NO. 2, P. 160
Reference (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.23
Reference (Production): MEEVES, H.C. (1966)
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HANLEY, J.B., 1950.
Reference (Deposit): HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W., PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, P. 21-22
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