| 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: | -105.11724, 38.56918 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2438 |
| Relative position | 10 MILES N 43 E OF CANON CITY |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Fremont |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 017S | 069W | 15,16 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Primary |
| Mica | Primary |
| Beryllium Critical | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Tantalum Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Ore |
| Feldspar | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Mica | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Model code | 32 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 13 |
| Deposit model name | Pegmatites |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Granite | ||||
| Rock description | Granodiorite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -105.11724, 38.56918 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southern Front Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ne-And Nw-Trending Faults |
| Strike | N 45 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Length | 762M |
| Width | 60.96M |
| 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 |
| District name | Phantom Canyon Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009874 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080430177 |
SCOTT, G. R., TAYLOR, R. B., EPIS, R. C. AND WOBUS, R. A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10X20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.
MEEVES, H. C., HARRER, C. M., SALSBURY, M. H., KONSELMAN, A. S., SHANNON, S. S., JR., 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, SOUTH DAKOTA, UTAH, AND WYOMING: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8298, P. 26
HANLEY, J. B., 1950, P. 41.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | UNZONED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1982 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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