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Miller Lode

Past Producer in Douglas county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, REE
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087846
MRDS ID D010299
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Lode
Alternate or previous names Miller No. 1 Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.12696, 39.28111 (WGS84)
Elevation 2548
Relative position 15.5 MILES S 66 W FROM CASTLE ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deckers(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 009S 069W 09 NW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON SE SIDE OF CAMPBELL MOUNTAIN 2 MILES NW OF DEVILS HEAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Microcline Ore
Fluorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.12696, 39.28111
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Rampart Range Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Perry Park-Jarre Canyon Fault, Rampart Range Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben

Ore body information

  • General form CIRCULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Devils Head Pegmatite District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MEEVES, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 24-25.

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, AND OTHERS, 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E.W., 1957, PEGMATITE PROVINCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUART., V. 52, NO. 4, P. 1-22.

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITE TRENDS N 40 W, 70 SW

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.

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