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Luster No. 1 Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10013721
MRDS ID D010170
Record type Site
Current site name Luster No. 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Lester Mine, Yttrium No. 1
Related records 10239198

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.22114, 39.39805 (WGS84)
Elevation 2341
Relative position 16.9 MILES S 19 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

Platte Canyon(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 007S 070W 33 E2 OF E2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ABOVE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF SPRING CREEK 0.45 MILE NW OF RALEIGH PEAK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Topaz Gangue

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.22114, 39.39805
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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 45.72M
    Width 41.15M

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 Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 85.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT, ANNULAR EXCAVATION IN INTERMEDIATE ZONE EAVING ISOLATED QUARTZ CORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OVAL PEGMATITE CONSISTS OF WALL ZONE OF QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-BIOTITE, OUTER INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF GIANT BIOTITE, INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF MICROCLINE (MINE ZONE), DISCONTINUOUS CORE-MARGIN ZONE OF GREEN FLUORITE, AND QUARTZ CORE. ABUNDANT CYRTOLITE IN OUTER INTERMEDIATE ZONE.

Reporter information

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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