| Deposit ID | 10013517 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009864 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 80430252 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Whopper Mine and Prospect |
| Related records | 10215398 |
| Point of reference | Pit |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.47917, 38.69444 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2743 |
| Relative position | on western workings; 4.7 MILES S 59 E OF GUFFEY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Fremont(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cover Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Arkansas Headwaters(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Fremont |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 016S | 072W | 5 | SW OF NW OF NW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mica | Primary |
| Feldspar | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Microcline | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Sillimanite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 32 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 13 |
| Deposit model name | Pegmatites |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Quartz Diorite Of Boulder Creek Age | ||||||
| Rock description | Quartz Diorite Of Boulder Creek Age | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Pit (1) | -105.47917, 38.69444 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southern Front Range, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field |
| General form | LENSOID |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH |
| Dip | STEEP AT SURFACE; 15 E UNDERGROUND |
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Width | 38.1M |
| General form | LENSOID |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH |
| Dip | STEEP AT SURFACE; 15 E UNDERGROUND |
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1950 |
| Year of first production | 1950 |
| District name | Micanite District |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | United States Mica Co.l |
| Year | 1950 |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.18HA |
| Length | 91.44M |
| Overall depth | 4.57M |
| Overall length | 48.77M |
| Overall width | 48.77M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009864 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 80430252 | = 10215398, merged and deleted. |
WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500
STERRETT, D.B., 1923, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULLETIN 740, P. 51-55.
BEVER, J.E., 1953, NOTES ON SOME MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUFFEY REGION, COLORADO: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 38, P. 138-141.
MINOBRAS, 1974, Colorado and Utah Industrial Minerals.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ZONED PEGMATITE: BORDER ZONE IS VERY FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-MUSCOVITE-PLAGIOCLASE-BIOTITE PEGMATITE, WALL ZONE IS SAME BUT COARSE-GRAINED, INNER ZONE IS QUARTZ-MICROCLINE PEGMATITE |
| Deposit | ANOTHER VERY SMALL PEGMATITE OCCURS 300 FT SW OF THE WHOPPER ADIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1982-12-01 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 2012-10-03 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted 10215398 |
| Reporter | 1992-05-29 | Martin | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0080430252 |
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