The Snow Flake Mine is a ree and feldspar mine located in Teller county, Colorado.
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Mine Info
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Snow Flake Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snow Flake Mine
Commodity
Primary: REE
Primary: Feldspar
Location
State: Colorado
County: Teller
District: Pikes Peak
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
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Thalenite
Ore: Allanite
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Fergusonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: COMPLEX ASSEM. OF PERTHITIC MICROCLINE
References
Reference (Deposit): SIGNAL BUTTE 1954 USGS TOPO
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 450-D, 1962, P. 6-8
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 7,69
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