Cooper Quarry

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Quartz, REE, Thorium, Uranium
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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087822
MRDS ID D010176
Record type Site
Current site name Cooper Quarry
Alternate or previous names Seerie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.26697, 39.41277 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 15.2 MILES S 11 E FROM EVERGREEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007S 070W 30 SW OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ABOVE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER 1.8 MILES NNE OF BUFFALO CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SW NE SEC. 30. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Quartz Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Topaz 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) -105.26697, 39.41277

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form OVAL
    Length 67.06M
    Width 42.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1968

Mining district

District name South Platte Pegmatite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colorado Decorative Lawn And Stone
    Home office Denver, Co.
    First year 1968
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dave Seerie
    Home office Denver, Co.
    First year 1968

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT; UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONSIST OF 185-FT TUNNEL AND 75-FT RAISE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE WELL ZONED PEGMATITE CONSISTS OF WALL ZONE OF QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-BIOTITE, INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF MICROCLINE, LARGE CORE OF MICROCLINE-QUARTZ; MINOR RAE/FLUORITE REPLACEMENT AND MINOR THOROGUMMITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-83 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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