Phantom Lode

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Fluorine-Fluorite, Tantalum
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013524
MRDS ID D009874
Record type Site
Current site name Phantom Lode
Alternate or previous names Phantom Canyon Feldspar Mine, Phantom Canyon Beryl Prospect
Related records 10239710

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.11724, 38.56918 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 10 MILES N 43 E OF CANON CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phantom Canyon(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 017S 069W 15,16 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • REACHED BY TRAIL (ABOUT 2 MILES LONG) THAT LEAVES COLORADO HWY 67 TWO MILES SOUTH OF ADELAIDE, HEADS NORTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Fluorite Ore
Mica Ore
Garnet Gangue

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 > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite
    Rock description Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Mesoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.11724, 38.56918

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Front Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-And Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 762M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults ?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Discoverer Mr. Bartlett And Mr. Deeds (Canon City)
Year of first production 1939

Mining district

District name Phantom Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCH, 2 OPEN CUTS; OPEN CUT 50X50X30 FT DEEP;

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNZONED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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