| Deposit ID | 10013702 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010133 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Crystal No. 8 Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | No. 8 Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.02421, 38.82917 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2682 |
| Relative position | 5.8 MILES S 81 E OF BUENA VISTA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chaffee(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buena Vista East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Montrose(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
Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Chaffee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 014S | 077W | 17 | S2 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Primary |
| REE Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Allanite | Ore |
| Euxenite | Ore |
| Microcline | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Plagioclase | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Granitic Rocks | ||||||
| Rock description | Granitic Rocks | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -106.02421, 38.82917 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nw-Trending Faults |
| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 85 E |
| Dip | 75 SE |
| Length | 91.44M |
| Width | 12.19M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Trout Creek Pass Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | M And S, Inc. |
| Home office | Denver, Co. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.021HA |
| Overall length | 24.38M |
| Overall width | 9.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010133 |
ARGALL, G.O., JR., 1949, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 44, NO. 2, P. 161.
TWETO, O.L. STEVEN, T.A., HAIL, W.J., JR., MOENCH, R.H., 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761, 1:250,000
HANLEY, J.B., 1950
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 2 ZONES: CORE IS QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-PLAGIOCLASE PEGMATITE; BORDER ZONE SAME MINERALS PLUS DARK-RED GARNET |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1983 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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