Centennial Cone Prospect

Producer in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, REE
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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013731
MRDS ID D010189
Record type Site
Current site name Centennial Cone Prospect
Alternate or previous names K-L Green Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.35752, 39.75416 (WGS84)
Elevation 2548
Relative position 7.1 MILES S 86 W FROM GOLDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralston Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003S 071W 32 NW OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH FLANK OF CENTENNIAL CONE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Feldspar Tertiary
Mica Tertiary
Quartz Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Microcline Ore
Monazite Ore
Muscovite Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Granitic Pegmatite
    Rock description Granitic Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Idaho Springs Formation-Microcline-Quartz-Plagioclase-Biotite Gneiss Unit
    Rock description Idaho Springs Formation-Microcline-Quartz-Plagioclase-Biotite Gneiss Unit

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.35752, 39.75416

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Junction Ranch Fault System, Unnamed Anticline

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M
    Length 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clear Creek Pegmatite Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alaska International Corp.
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1961
  • Type Owner
    Owner K. L. And G. S. Green
    Home office Golden, Co.
    First year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • PRESUMED CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION, YEARS UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT HAS BEEN WORKED ONLY FOR MINERAL SPECIMENS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado 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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