Eight Mile Park pegmatite area

Occurrence in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Mica, Feldspar, Quartz
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Bibliographic references
  9. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000306
MRDS ID D004879
Record type District
Current site name Eight Mile Park pegmatite area
Alternate or previous names Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.30057, 38.50001 (WGS84)
Relative position Found the Township and Range and approximated the location of the center of the Township and Range.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Royal Gorge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary
Quartz Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.30057, 38.50001

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Citation given as p. 34 of PP-227. Therefore, the only discussion of pegmatite on said page is in the southern part of Eight Mile Park.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-80 FOORD, SUZANN C U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 16-NOV-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Added information based on citation being p. 34 of PP-227.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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