The Rusty Gold and Cerite is a ree mine located in Boulder county, Colorado.
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Rusty Gold and Cerite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rusty Gold and Cerite
Commodity
Primary: REE
Location
State: Colorado
County: Boulder
District: Jamestown
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Production): 2 TRENCHES. SMALL, UNKNOWN PRODUCTION
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PEGMATITE 2-5 FT. THICK. N 30 W-75 NE. PEG. IN ZONES: A CORE OF CERITE AND SOME EPIDOTE, MONAZITE, FLUORITE, PYRITE: INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF ALLANITE WITH FINE-GR. URANINITE AND PYRITE: AN APLITIC WALL ZONE CONTAINING A LITTLE MONAZITE PYRITE
Comment (Deposit): FIFTH US OCCURANCE. FIRST ORE GRADE IN US
References
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. EXAM. FILES
Reference (Deposit): 3) ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, P. 160
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1966, IC-8298, PG. 23
Reference (Deposit): GODDARD AND GLASS, 1940, AM. MINERALOGIST, VOL. 25, PG 381.
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