The Yard Mine is a feldspar mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,701 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: 8,701 Feet (2,652 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar
Lat, Long: 38.8875, -106.08611
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Yard Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yard Mine
Secondary: Yard Pegmatite
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: REE
Secondary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Trout Creek Pass Area
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: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Ernest? Yard ; Robert? Yard
Home Office: Canon City, Co.
Years: 1948 -
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: Fractures (Strike N 50 W); Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Microcline
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Gadolinite
Ore: Bismutite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Euxenite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ZONED: CORE OF QUARTZ AND MICROCLINE, WALL ZONE OF GRAPHIC GRANITE, QUARTZ, MICROCLINE, MAGNETITE; FLUORITE AND RAE ALONG MARGINS OF CORE
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT WITH TWO LEVELS; TRENCHES; MAIN CUT IS 100 X 40 X 35 FT DEEP
Comment (Location): NORTHEAST OF BUENA VISTA; ABOVE GULCH ON SW SLOPE OF HILL; UNSURVEYED; ABOVE SEVEN MILE CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Commodity): RAE MASSES UP TO 8 INCHES ACROSS
References
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
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1948, FLUORITE-RARE EARTH MINERAL PEGMATITES OF CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 33, NOS. 1-2, P. 64-69.
Reference (Deposit): ARGALL, G.O., JR., 1949, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 44, NO. 2, P. 161
Reference (Deposit): BRADY, B.T., 1975, MAP SHOWING FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN COLORADO: USGS MAP MR-70, 1:500,000, TEXT
Reference (Production): HANLEY, J.B. (1950)
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