Rowe's South Prospect

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Mica, Feldspar, Beryllium
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013520
MRDS ID D009868
Record type Site
Current site name Rowe's South Prospect
Related records 10166856

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.48364, 38.675 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 5.8 MILES S 69 E OF GUFFEY

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 016S 072W 07 SW OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF ROWE'S NO. 2 PEGMATITE, EAST OF MAC GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Microcline Ore
Muscovite Ore
Plagioclase Gangue
Monazite Trace

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 32
USGS model code 13
Deposit model name Pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.48364, 38.675

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Front Range, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault Zone; Numerous Faults Strike N 70 W, Dip 45 Ne Cross Dikes

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, DIKE-LIKE
    Strike S 65 E
    Dip FLAT-LYING
    Length 25.91M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name Micanite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY LESS THAN 100 TONS MICA AND MICROCLINE RECOVERABLE FROM BOTH PEGMATITES COMBINED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.037HA
    Length 13.72M
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 25.91M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST PEGMATITE IS CUT 35 FT LONG X 30 FT WIDE; SECOND PEGMATITE HAS 10 FT X 10 FT CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECOND PEGMATITE 50 FT NE OF MAIN ONE IS 100 FT X 40 FT, TRENDING N 15 E; BOTH ZONED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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