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Crystal Peak Topaz Prospects

Prospect in Teller county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gemstone, Feldspar
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010856
MRDS ID D004872
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Peak Topaz Prospects
Related records 10191707, 10216204

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.28919, 38.99556 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teller(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake George(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Teller

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 12S 71W 24,23 W2 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Feldspar Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Slight Adv Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.28919, 38.99556
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 1884-1886 ABOUT $4,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ECKEL, E.B., 1961, MINERALS OF COLORADO A 100-YEAR RECORD USGS BULLETIN 1114, 399 P.

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E.W., 1953, ZONING IN PEGMATITE DISTRICTS, AM MIN, VOL. 38 NO. 1-2, PG 76.

  • Deposit

    PEARL, R.M., 1958, COLORADO GEM AND MINERAL TRAILS: SAGE BOOKS DENVER P. 108-113.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, G.M., 1935, THE CRYSTAL PEAK REGION NEAR FLORISSANT, COLORADO: ROCKS AND MINERALS VOL. 10, A12 P. 184-187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION DURING FOLDING, FAULTING AND INTRUSION OF PRECAMBRIAN AGE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey

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