The Newett Quarries is a feldspar mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,701 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,701 Feet (2,957 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar
Lat, Long: 38.85306, -105.99722
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Newett Quarries MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Newett Quarries
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: REE
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Trout Creek Pass Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
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
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, Trout Creek Fault, Ne- And Nne-Trending Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Albite
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NE POINT OF LIMESTONE RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Workings): THREE PITS
Comment (Geology): MONAZITE AND EUXENITE ARE FOUND IN QUARTZ-MICROCLINE CORES OF PEGMATITES
References
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, RAYMOND L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE UNITED STATES, USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATION RESOURCE MAP MR-36.
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64
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