| Deposit ID | 10013717 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010162 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yammy Yogurt Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Yami Yogurt Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.19641, 39.37167 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2262 |
| Relative position | 18.7 MILES S 19 E FROM EVERGREEN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jefferson(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Deckers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)
South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(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 | Jefferson |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 008S | 070W | 11 | NW OF NW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Primary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Topaz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Pegmatite;Pikes Peak Granite | ||||
| Rock description | Pegmatite;Pikes Peak Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Rock unit name | Pegmatite;Pikes Peak Granite |
| Rock description | Pegmatite;Pikes Peak Granite |
| (1) | Rocks of Pikes Peak Batholith (1000-m.y. age group) |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Kennedy Gulch Fault Zone |
| General form | OVAL |
|---|---|
| Length | 64.01M |
| Width | 24.38M |
| General form | OVAL |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1962 |
| District name | South Platte Pegmatite District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Herb Crisler |
| Home office | Lake George |
| First year | 1962 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010162 |
PETERSON, W.L., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE PLATTE CANYON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1181-C, 23 P., 1 PL.
HAYNES, C.V., JR., 1965, GENESIS OF THE WHITE CLOUD AND RELATED PEGMATITES, SOUTH PLATTE AREA, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: GSA BULL., V. 76, NO. 4, P. 441-462.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LARGEST OF SEVERAL ZONED PEGMATITES CONSISTS OF BILOBATE WALL ZONE OF QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-BIOTITE WITH TWO SEPARATE CORE ZONES OF QUARTZ; MINOR RARE-EARTH, ALBITE, KAOLINITE, FLUORITE, AND HEMATITE REPLACEMENTS. TOPAZ FOUND IN AND ALONG CORE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1993 | Spanski, Gregory T. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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