| Deposit ID | 10087830 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010247 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Luella Pegmatite |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.05171, 38.84944 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2755 |
| Relative position | 4.3 MILES N 82 E OF BUENA VISTA MAIN INTERSECTION |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chaffee(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buena Vista East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Montrose(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
Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Chaffee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 014S | 077W | 07 | NW OF NW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Primary |
| REE Critical | Secondary |
| Bismuth Critical | Secondary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Allanite | Ore |
| Bismutite | Ore |
| Euxenite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Microcline | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Plagioclase | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Granitic Rocks | ||||||
| Rock description | Granitic Rocks | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -106.05171, 38.84944 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Arkansas Valley Graben, Southern Mosquito Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nnw-Trending Faults |
| Strike | N 67 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 68 SE |
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 76.2M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1946 |
| Discoverer | C. J. Vesey, C. M. Martin, E. Moldenhauer |
| District name | Trout Creek Pass Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Magnusson And Sons |
| Home office | Denver, Co. |
| First year | 1948 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. J. Vesey, C. M. Martin, E. Moldenhauer |
| Home office | Denver, Co. |
| First year | 1948 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Length | 18.29M |
| Overall depth | 9.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010247 |
HEINRICH, E. W., 1948, FLUORITE-RARE EARTH MINERAL PEGMATITES OF CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 33, NOS. 1-2, P. 69-71
BRADY, B. T., 1975, MAP SHOWING FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN COLORADO: USGS MAP MR. 70, 1:500,000, TEXT
TWETO, O. L., STEVEN, T. A., HAIL, W. J., JR., MOENCH, R. H., 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 1DEG X 2DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761, 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ZONED: BORDER ZONE FINE-GRAINED, PINK MICROCLINE, QUARTZ; WALL ZONE 5-8 FT THICK OF MICROCLINE; QUARTZ; CORE MICROCLINE, QUARTZ, ROSE QUARTZ |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1983 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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