The Silver Rocker Group is a feldspar and mica mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,999 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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, Mica
Lat, Long: 38.62639, -105.95556
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Silver Rocker Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Rocker Group
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Mica
Secondary: Niobium (Columbium)
Secondary: Beryllium
Secondary: Tantalum
Secondary: Garnet
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Turret 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Southern Mosquito Range
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
Ore: Garnet
Ore: Columbite
Ore: Orthoclase
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Muscovite
Ore: Tantalite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Deposit): POORLY ZONED PEGMATITE WITH NARROW, LENTICULAR OUTCROPS.
Comment (Workings): 6 OPEN CUTS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: POORLY ZONED PEGMATITE, NARROW LENTICULAR OUTCROPS. CHIEF MIN: QTZ., MICROCLINE, ORTHOCLASE, ALBITE, MUSCOVITE. ACC. MIN.: GARNET, TOURMALINE, BERYL, COLUMBITE, TANTALITE. RARE EARTHS IN VERY SMALL QUANTITIES REPORTED
Comment (Location): CLAIMS ARE ALONG ROAD FROM RAILROAD GULCH NW TO ABANDONED TOWN OF TURRET ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
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. 24.
Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILES
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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