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Meyers Mine

Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Lithium, Uranium, Copper, Bismuth, Lead
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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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013531
MRDS ID D009881
Record type Site
Current site name Meyers Mine
Alternate or previous names Suzana Claims, Suzanna Claims, Meyers Quarry, Meyers-Halstead Quarry
Related records 10215175, 10264297

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.29168, 38.48084 (WGS84)
Elevation 1950
Relative position 4.5 MILES N 52 W 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

Royal Gorge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 018S 071W 14 CENTER OF E2 OF SW OF NW OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • THERE ARE 5 PATENTED CLAIMS IN THE SUZANNA BLOCK; THE MINE LIES JUST EAST OF THE MICA LODE MINE, NEAR BASE OF SMALL HILL. IT LIES NORTH OF THE ACCESS ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary
Lithium Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Ore
Amblygonite Ore
Beryl Ore
Bismutite Ore
Lepidolite Ore
Microcline Ore
Muscovite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Malachite Trace
Torbernite Trace

Analytical data

Result COLUMBITE: 56.48% NB2O5, 22.12% TA2O5

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 > Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite, Granodiorite
    Rock description Pegmatite, Granodiorite (Pikes Peak Granite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.29168, 38.48084
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Front Range, Canon City Embayment
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR, WITH MANY BRANCHINGS
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip VERTICAL; STEEPLY NW
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 822.96M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Discoverer J.E. Meyers
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Eight Mile Park District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colorado Feldspar Co. (-
    Home office Canon City, Co.
    Last year 1945

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 17.523HA
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 LARGE OPEN CUTS, OTHER TRENCHES, PITS; MAIN CUT IS 100X150 FT IN PLAN, 50 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W. AND PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, P. 37-40.

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E.W., 1948, PEGMATITES OF EIGHT MILE PARK, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 33, P. 420-448.

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1:62,500

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E.W. AND VIAN, R.W., 1965, THE CHIEF LITHIUM PEGMATITE, DEVILS HOLE, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V.50, NO. 1, P. 96-102.

  • Deposit

    LANDES, K.K., 1935, COLORADO PEGMATITES: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 20, NO. 5, P. 328-329

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E.W., 1948, PEGMATITES OF EIGHT MILE PARK, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 33, NOS. 7-10, P. 420-448, 550-587

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E.W., AND COREY, A.S., 1955, MONTEBRASITE FROM EIGHT MILE PARK, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 40, NOS. 11-12, P. 1141-1145.

  • Production

    HANLEY, J.B. AND OTHERS, 1950;

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY ZONED; CORE CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF ISOLATED PODS OF VARYING SIZE, CONTAINING MASSIVE QUARTZ, CRYSTALS TO 4-FT DIAMETER OF MICROCLINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Collins, Donna B. (Parker, Raymond L.) Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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