Three Muskateers

Producer in Douglas county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz, REE, Mica
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017235
MRDS ID DC03118
Record type Site
Current site name Three Muskateers
Related records 10166828

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.04323, 39.28199 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Head(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 09S 68W 07,18 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Quartz Primary
REE Critical Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Monazite Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) Rocks of Pikes Peak Batholith (1000-m.y. age group)

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEG IRREGULAR & NW TREND, INT. DIP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Devils Head

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 2,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.