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Border Feldspar Prospect

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, Bismuth, Beryllium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018612
MRDS ID DC05735
Record type Site
Current site name Border Feldspar Prospect
Related records 10166645

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.3214, 38.46279 (WGS84)
Elevation 1950
Relative position 5.3 MILES N72W OF CANON CITY POST OFFICE

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 21,22 SE (21); SW (22) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR ROYAL GORGE BRIDGE THE DEPOSIT LIES IN ROYAL GORGE PARK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Quartz Primary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Beryllium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Bismutite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Microcline Ore
Muscovite Ore
Quartz Ore

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 Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.3214, 38.46279
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Front Range

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 30.48M
  • Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eight Mile Park District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert A. Shipley (Canon City Owns Royal Gorge Park)
    First year 1966

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EST. 40 PERCENT RECOV. FELD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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