Rosemont Mine

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Mica, Feldspar, Bismuth
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. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013519
MRDS ID D009867
MAS/MILS ID 80430208
Record type Site
Current site name Rosemont Mine
Alternate or previous names East
Related records 10264245

Comments on the site identification

  • Rosemont was formerly the East mine. See PP-227, p. 43.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -105.478, 38.69391 (WGS84)
Elevation 2666
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MILES S 55 E OF GUFFEY. Prospect shown but not labeled on topo. Confirmed by Fig. 7 of PP-227 and description of distance to nearby deposits.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cover Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(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
6th Principal 016S 072W 5 NW OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 3000 FT EAST OF MAC GULCH NEAR FREMONT/PARK COUNTY BORDER; JUST WEST OF LITTLE MACK GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary
Bismuth Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismutite Ore
Microcline Ore
Muscovite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 32
USGS model code 13
Deposit model name Pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartz Diorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Rock description Quartz Diorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -105.478, 38.69391

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Front Range, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M
    Length 79.25M

Comments on the ore body information

  • PEGMMATITE. MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name Micanite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FELDSPAR VAR. MICROCLINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 26.21M
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT 1 IS 44X19X10 FT WITH A 36 FT LONG ADIT CONNECTED; CUT 2 IS 6X4X5 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2-FT WIDE POD OF BISMUTH MINERALS FOUND DURING MINING; ZONED PEGMATITE WITH QUARTZ-MICROCLINE CORE, QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-MUSCOVITE-PLAGIOCLASE WALL ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1982-12-01 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Editor 2012-10-03 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record. Corrected location coordinates.
Reporter 1992-05-29 Martin U.S. Bureau of Mines 804300208

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.