The Mount Antero claims is a beryllium mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado.
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Mount Antero claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mount Antero claims
Secondary: Cardwell claims
Secondary: North American Beryllium Corp. claims
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Commodity): A 1979 field examination and sample analyses indicated anomalous, but low grade, beryllium concentrations. (Sunshine files, 1979
Comment (Geology): Beryllium occurs in pegmatites, veins, and granite and greisen bodies on the south and SW slopes of Mount Antero. To date, these deposits are of interest only to gem and mineral collectors.
Comment (Location): Prospect is high (13,800 ft) on the south ridge of Mount Antero, mostly in the SE/4 sec. 13, T 51 N, R 6 E.
References
Reference (Deposit): Dings, M. G., and Robinson, C. S., 1957, Geology and ore deposits of the Garfield quadrangle, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 289, 110 p.
Reference (Deposit): Adams, J. W., 1953, Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 982-D, p. 95-119.
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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