| Deposit ID | 10017765 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC04229 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Consolidated Feldspar Corporation Mine |
| Related records | 10191527 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.33946, 38.48945 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 7.1 MILES N58W OF CANON CITY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Fremont(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Royal Gorge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Fremont |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 18S | 71W | 09 | CENTER OF S2 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Primary |
| Mica | Primary |
| Beryllium Critical | Secondary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Tertiary |
| Tantalum Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Ore |
| Microcline | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Model code | 32 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 13 |
| Deposit model name | Pegmatites |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Pegmatite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Pegmatite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Migmatitic Gneiss |
| Rock description | Migmatitic Gneiss |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southern Front Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Folding, Faulting |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Eightmile Park District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC04229 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080430105 |
USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE
TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1:62,500.
MEEVES, H.C., HARRER, C.M., SALSBURY, M.H., KONSELMAN, A.S. AND SHANNON, S.S., JR., 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES; ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, SOUTH DAKOTA, UTAH AND WYOMING: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8298, 34 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE PEGMATITE IS ZONED |
| Deposit | THE GEOLOGY GIVEN HERE DOES NOT MATCH THAT ON THE GEOLOGIC MAP. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE LOCATION GIVEN FOR THIS MINE IS IN ERROR. IF SO, THE MINE IS PROBABLY IN OR NEAR SECTION 14 WITH THE NUMEROUS OTHER PEGMATITES OF SIMILAR MINERALOGY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1973 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1982 | Collins, Donna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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