Janet Lucritia Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Quartz, Iron
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087821
MRDS ID D010173
Record type Site
Current site name Janet Lucritia Mine
Alternate or previous names Janice Lucertia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.1928, 39.37917 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 18.6 MILES S 20 E FROM EVERGREEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Platte Canyon(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008S 070W 02 SW OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF SPRING CREEK JUST NORTH OF GEMINI PEGMATITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Kennedy Gulch Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form CIRCULAR, OVAL
    Length 22.86M
    Width 16.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1964

Mining district

District name South Platte Pegmatite District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. S. Robinson And Son
    Home office Woodland Park, Co.
    First year 1964

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT INTO CORE ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CIRCULAR TO OVAL PEGMATITE HAS NO WALL OR INTERMEDIATE ZONES BUT ONLY A CORE ZONE OF MICROCLINE-QUARTZ. LARGE HEMATITE REPLACEMENT BODY MEASURING 3X2X2 FT AND WEIGHING AT LEAST 300 LB TRANSECTS QUARTZ CORE AND TRENDS SUBPARALLEL TO NW-TRENDING FAULT GOUGE THAT TRUNCATES NE SIDE OF PEGMATITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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