Mount Antero claims

The Mount Antero claims is a beryllium mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado.

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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

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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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Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

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