Teller Pegmatite Claim

The Teller Pegmatite Claim is a ree and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Park county, Colorado.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Teller Pegmatite Claim
Secondary: Meyers Prospect

Commodity

Primary: REE
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Feldspar
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Thorium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Park

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Orthoclase
Ore: Gadolinite
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Xenotime
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Allanite
Ore: Microcline
Ore: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): NE 1/4

Comment (Production): ITEM 1: GADOLINITE; ITEM 2: YTTROFLUORITE

Comment (Geology): YT-BEARING DEPOSITS, APPARENTLY HYDROTHERMAL REPLACEMENT OF FELDSPAR, OCCUR AS LENSES OF FLUORITE MAINLY IN THE NORTH PORTION OF THE PEGMATITE ; GEOL.DESC: NO BERYL FOUND, LENTICULAR PEG, CONTACTS IRREGULAR, LONG AXIS TRENDS N 52W

References

Reference (Deposit): GLASS, J.J., ROSE, H.J., JR., AND OVER, EDWIN, 1958 NOTES ON THE MINERALOGY OF AN YTTRIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE BODY NEAR LAKE GEORGE, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO: AM. MIN. VOL. 43, NO. 9-10, PG. 991-994

Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H.C., HARRER, C.M., SALSBURY, M.H., KONSELMAN, A.S. AND SHANNON, S.S., 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES, USDI BM INFO CIRC 8298

Reference (Deposit): HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W. AND PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO WYOMING AND UTAH; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, 125 P.

Reference (Deposit): PEARL, RICHARD M., 1958, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERALS GUIDE, SAGE BOOKS DENVER 223 P.

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