St Peters Dome Pegmatite Prospect

Prospect in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Semiprecious Gemstone, Tin
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215064
MAS/MILS ID 0080410001
Record type Site
Current site name St Peters Dome Pegmatite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -104.90166, 38.75061 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manitou Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(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 El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015 S 067 W 16 NWNW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Semiprecious Gemstone Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Unknown
Albite Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Columbite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Kaolin Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Oligoclase Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Pyrochlore Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Riebeckite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Sphene Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -104.90166, 38.75061

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 90E
    Length 10M
    Width 2M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N25E:90E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Comments on the geologic information

  • CASSITERITE FOUND AS MINOR OCCURRENCE IN PEGMATITES ON EAST OF ST. PETERS DOME AND STOVE MTNS. PEGMATITES MINED FOR MINERAL SPECIMENS OF ZIRCON, FLUORITE, RARE MINERAS - GENTHELVITE AND KASOLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Peters Dome

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OVER, EDWIN; 1929, MINERAL LOCALITIES OF COLORADO: ROCKS AND

  • Deposit

    MINERALS, V. 4, PP. 106-107.

  • Deposit

    PEARL, R. M., 1958, COLORADO GEM AND MINERAL TRAILS: SAGE BO

  • Deposit

    PP. 138-147.

  • Deposit

    PEARL, R. M., 1941, RARE MINERALS- ST. PETERS DOME: MINERALO

  • Deposit

    V. 9, R. 6, PP. 209-210.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.