Titan Mine

The Titan Mine is a vermiculite mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,419 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Titan Mine
Secondary: Aaberite Mines
Secondary: Patented Claims: Iowa, MS 2625
Secondary: Horseshoe, MS 2625
Secondary: Centre, MS 2625

Commodity

Primary: Vermiculite
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal

Location

State: Colorado
County: Gunnison
District: White Earth (Powderhorn) District

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: H. O. Aaberg
Home Office: Powderhorn
Years: 1967 -

Owner Name: Titan Pinnacle, Inc.
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1968 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1961
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: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Powderhorn Stock

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration Of Biotite And/Or Phlogopite To Vermiculite

Rocks

Name: Pyroxenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pyroxenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Augite
Gangue: Perovskite

Comments

Comment (Production): EXACT FIGURES FOR THESE YEARS ARE UNKNOWN BUT PRODUCTION IS CONSIDERED SMALL.

Comment (Development): CLAIMS PROBABLY SURVEYED ORIGINALLY AS METAL PROSPECTS IN 1886 BY JOHN J. COOKE AND OTHERS. TITANIUM PROSPECTS IN AREA DEVELOPED AS AABERITE MINES IN 1953 BY TITANIUM ACTYMITE CORP. TITAN PINNACLE PRODUCED SMALL AMOUNTS OF VERMICULITE IN 1958, 1959, AND 1961; EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND SAMPLING FOR VERMICULITE FOLLOWED IN 1963 AND 1965.

Comment (Deposit): AT NW END OF IRON HILL COMPLEX, PYROXENITE HAS INTRUDED OLDER POWDERHORN GRANITE STOCK AND SOUTHERN EDGE OF DUBOIS GREENSTONE BELT. HEDLUND AND OLSON (1975) MAPPED SEVERAL MAGNETITE-ILMENITE-PEROVSKITE DIKES AND SEGREGATIONS IN PYROXENITE IN IMMEDIATE AREA. VERMICULITE IS SPORADIC BUT LOCALLY ABUNDANT IN ALTERED PYROXENITE AS PODLIKE SEGREGATIONS AND DIKELIKE BODIES, RESULTING FROM WEATHERING OF BIOTITE AND/OR PHLOGOPITE.

Comment (Workings): MOSTLY OPEN CUTS; POSSIBLY SOME OLDER UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, EXTENT UNKNOWN

Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN BUT WAS DESCRIBED AS AT HEAD OF STONE GULCH. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROSPECTS ON SE SIDE OF GULCH ON PATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

References

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 2625

Reference (Production): COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.

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