Rowe's North Mine

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Mica, Feldspar
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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013522
MRDS ID D009871
MAS/MILS ID 80430210
Record type Site
Current site name Rowe's North Mine
Alternate or previous names Rowes North Mine
Related records 10190841

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.486, 38.68291 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 5.0 MILES S 67 E OF GUFFEY. Located on top of ridge, about 150 yards south of the Upper South pegmatite (see newMRDS #10101827)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 016S 072W 6 C of N2 of S2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON SHARP POINT OF RIDGE BETWEEN MAC GULCH AND LITTLE MAC GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Microcline Ore
Muscovite Ore

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.486, 38.68291

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault Zone
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Front Range, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 E
    Dip S 60 E
    Length 22.86M
    Width 7.62M

Comments on the ore body information

  • PEGMATITE. Mode of Origin: MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name Micanite District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.004HA
    Length 13.72M
    Overall depth 0M
    Overall length 13.72M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • ROOM 10X10X8 FT HIGH, OPEN CUT 35 FT LONG, SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONED PEGMATITE; 1-INCH BORDER ZONE; WALL ZONE IS QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-MUSCOVITE-PLAGIOCLASE-BIOTITE, 2.5 FT THICK; QUARTZ-MICROCLINE CORE
Deposit SECOND PEGMATITE ABOUT 10 FT EAST OF MAIN PEGMATITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1982-12-01 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Editor 2012-10-04 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10190841
Reporter 1992-05-29 Martinez U.S. Bureau of Mines All other reporters from USBM on and around this date are entered as "Martin", not "Martinez". Uncertain if this is a different person or if it should be attributed to Martin.

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.