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Crystal Park Area

Producer in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gemstone, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013845
MRDS ID D010371
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Park Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.93195, 38.83167 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 5.2 MILES S 90 W FROM COLORADO SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manitou Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014S 067W 18 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • COLLECTING SITES PROBABLY FOUND AT LEAST ONE MILE AROUND AND BEYOND SEC. 18. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER SEC. 18 AT CRYSTAL PARK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amazonstone Ore
Zircon Ore
Biotite Gangue
Columbite Gangue
Fluocerite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.93195, 38.83167
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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 Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben, Mt Rosa Intrusive Center

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Miarolitic Cavities In Pegmatites

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crystal Park Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS AND DUMPS

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION OF GEM SPECIMENS FROM ONE OF STATE'S OLDEST AND BEST COLLECTING LOCALITIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-482.

  • Deposit

    PEARL, R.M., 1965, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: DENVER, SAGE BOOKS, P. 169-171.

  • Deposit

    OVER, EDWIN, JR., 1929, SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES OF EL PASO COUNTY: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 4, NO. 4, P. 106-107.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEM AND MINERAL SPECIMENS OCCUR IN MIAROLITIC CAVITIES IN PEGMATITES UP TO 3 FT WIDE AND IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED--SOME ISOLATED, OTHERS CONNECTED BY SMALL VEINS.

Reporter information

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

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