Mcguire Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101835
MRDS ID D010169
Record type Site
Current site name Mcguire Mine
Alternate or previous names Lone Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.41308, 39.33193 (WGS84)
Elevation 2697
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 21 MILES S 23 W FROM EVERGREEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Windy Peak(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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008S 072W 23 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • PROBABLY LOCATED NORTH OF FREEMAN CREEK. MINE IS SEPARATED FROM MAIN PART OF DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Gemstone Secondary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Gangue
Monazite Gangue
Xenotime Gangue

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.41308, 39.33193

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shawnee Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 64.01M
    Width 48.77M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name South Platte Pegmatite District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT MOSTLY IN CORE ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR PEGMATITE CONSISTS OF RELATIVELY THIN WALL ZONE OF QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-BIOTITE, CORE-MARGIN ZONE OF TOPAZ AND MONAZITE, CORE OF MICROCLINE-QUARTZ. SOUTHERN LOBE OF PEGMATITE CUTS ACROSS WNW-TRENDING APLITE DIKE.

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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