R. H. Magnuson Mine

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Quartz, Beryllium
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017767
MRDS ID DC04234
Record type Site
Current site name R. H. Magnuson Mine
Alternate or previous names Magnusson Crosscut

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.30113, 38.4714 (WGS84)
Elevation 1992
Relative position 4.5 MILES N48W OF CANON CITY

Site location context

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)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 18S 71W 14 SW OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • HALF MILE SOUTH OF MICA LODE MINE, NORTH OF ROYAL GORGE, SOUTHWEST OF MEYERS MINE, ON S SIDE OF E-TRENDING RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976) 01 (1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Quartz Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Microcline Ore
Quartz Ore
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 32
USGS model code 13
Deposit model name Pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.30113, 38.4714

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Striking Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N78W
    Dip 65-80 SW
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 21.34M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite, Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: E - STRIKING PEG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eightmile Park Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. H. Magnuson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT DRIVEN AT RIGHT ANGLE TO STRIKE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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