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Shuttle Run Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Quartz, REE
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  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. Alteration
  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 10013718
MRDS ID D010164
Record type Site
Current site name Shuttle Run Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.2003, 39.37417 (WGS84)
Elevation 2243
Relative position 18.9 MILES S 20 E FROM EVERGREEN

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008S 070W 11 NW OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF SPRING CREEK 1.7 MILES DUE NORTH OF LONG SCRAGGY PEAK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Quartz Primary
REE Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Gadolinite Ore
Quartz Ore
Cleavelandite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Probable Replacement Of Fluorite By Allanite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;Pikes Peak Granite
    Rock description Pegmatite;Pikes Peak Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • 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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Kennedy Gulch Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form OVAL
    Length 41.15M
    Width 32M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Platte Pegmatite District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENCUT INTO QUARTZ-MICROCLINE CORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OVAL PEGMATITE CONSISTS OF WALL ZONE OF QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-BIOTITE AND CORE OF QUARTZ-MICROCLINE (MINE ZONE). NO MAPPABLE REPLACEMENT BUT DUMP CONTAINED ABUNDANT ALLANITE AND SOME CLEAVELANDITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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