Unnamed Pegmatite

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Beryllium, Lithium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010897
MRDS ID D004971
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Pegmatite

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.62002, 38.48112 (WGS84)
Elevation 2536
Relative position at pit; 8.4 MILES N25E OF COTOPAXI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Echo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 49N 12E 23 SE OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF BULL GULCH AND BULL RIDGE, WEST OF DEVILS HOLE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Lithium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Lepidolite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 33
USGS model code 13a
Deposit model name Be-Li pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.62002, 38.48112

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Texas Creek Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bull Ridge Area/Devils Hole Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VERBAL COMMUNICATION - RICHARD B. TAYLOR

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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