Luella Pegmatite

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, REE, Bismuth, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087830
MRDS ID D010247
Record type Site
Current site name Luella Pegmatite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.05171, 38.84944 (WGS84)
Elevation 2755
Relative position 4.3 MILES N 82 E OF BUENA VISTA MAIN INTERSECTION

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014S 077W 07 NW OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 3 MILES S 40 E OF YARD PEGMATITE; ABOUT 1.5 MILES N OF US HWYS 24 AND 285 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
REE Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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 and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.05171, 38.84944

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Arkansas Valley Graben, Southern Mosquito Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nnw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 67 E
    Dip 68 SE
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Discoverer C. J. Vesey, C. M. Martin, E. Moldenhauer

Mining district

District name Trout Creek Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • 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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 18.29M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 60 X 20 X 30 FT DEEP; FLOOR IS 30 FT BELOW RIM, EASTERN BENCH 17 FT BELOW RIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    BRADY, B. T., 1975, MAP SHOWING FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN COLORADO: USGS MAP MR. 70, 1:500,000, TEXT

  • Deposit

    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.

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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