What is this cheeto-orange mineralization? |
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 Aug 4 2018, 05:09 PM
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Diggin' In!  Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 12-December 17 Member No.: 138,969  |
I was on a gold claim near Idaho Springs this morning and I came across this outcropping of the orangest rock I've ever seen. The outcropping hasn't been dug and these pieces were sitting on the surface. What kind of mineralization is this intense orange? It's a cheetos or cheese puff orange, very intensely colored. I've seen iron rust that is a dull orange, but nothing like this.
Here's a cell phone picture in the shade, the color is more vivid than it appears here. 
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Aug 13 2018, 09:50 PM
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 Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 730 Joined: 6-July 14 From: Grant, CO Member No.: 117,890 |
PHOTOS DO NOT DO ROCKS JUSTICE!!!
 Take more pics!  Quick glance, it looks like leaverite. Pegmatite - decomposed granite. With some sort of coating - that'd probably come off with a 24 hour dip in iron out. -------------------- - You Rock! (Literally)
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CrazySanMan What is this cheeto-orange mineralization? Aug 4 2018, 05:09 PM
EchoBravo Uranium 285..? always hard to tell from a picture.... Aug 6 2018, 07:30 AM
CrazySanMan QUOTE (EchoBravo @ Aug 6 2018, 08:30 AM) ... Aug 7 2018, 05:49 AM EchoBravo Was just kidding about the Uranium but you never k... Aug 8 2018, 07:23 AM |
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