Dazie Bell Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Quartz, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Manganese
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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013724
MRDS ID D010175
Record type Site
Current site name Dazie Bell Mine
Alternate or previous names Daisy Bell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.20169, 39.38056 (WGS84)
Elevation 2188
Relative position 18.4 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

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 008S 070W 02 SW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF SPRING CREEK AND WEST OF MADONNA PEGMATITES 2.1 MILES DUE NORTH OF LONG SCRAGGY PEAK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary
REE Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gadolinite Ore
Quartz Ore
Allanite Gangue
Doverite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Replacement Of Fluorite By Gadolinite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
    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 Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.20169, 39.38056

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form ELLIPSOIDAL
    Length 41.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1965

Mining district

District name South Platte Pegmatite District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Crisler And Corder
    Home office Colorado Springs, Co.
    First year 1965
  • Type Owner
    Owner Herb Crisler
    Home office Colorado Springs, Co.
    First year 1965

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS IN SIX PEGMATITES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STEEPLY DIPPING ELLIPSOIDAL PEGMATITES CONSIST OF SIMPLE QUARTZ CORES OR COMPOSITE FORMS CONSISTING OF QUARTZ OR QUARTZ-MICROCLINE CORES AND WALL ZONES OF QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-BIOTITE; MINOR ALLANITE AND CRYSTALLINE PYROLUSITE. LARGE PRIMARY VUGS HAVE WELL-DEVELOPED SMOKY QUARTZ WITH MICROCLINE AND FLUORITE CRYSTALS.

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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