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School Section Mine

Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium, Garnet, Niobium (Columbium), Bismuth, Thorium, Copper, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10013532
MRDS ID D009882
Record type Site
Current site name School Section Mine
Alternate or previous names Shipley Cut, Meyers Cut
Related records 10288472

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.34446, 38.47168 (WGS84)
Elevation 1886
Relative position 5.7 MILES N 65 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)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 018S 071W 16 SE OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SW PART OF EIGHT MILE PARK, IN LOTS 1 AND 2 OF SECTION 16; 1 MILE SOUTH OF US HWY 50 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Garnet Secondary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Bismutite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Columbite Ore
Covellite Ore
Malachite Ore
Microcline Ore
Muscovite Ore
Silver Ore
Thorite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartz Diorite;Granodiorite (Pikes Peak Granite)
    Rock description Quartz Diorite;Granodiorite (Pikes Peak Granite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.34446, 38.47168
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Front Range, Canon City Embayment, Eightmile Park
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults, Structures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, PIPE-LIKE TO SHEET-LIKE
    Strike N 73 W
    Dip 5-20 SW IN SE PART; 10-15 NE IN NW PART
    Thickness 22.86M
    Length 792.48M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 22.86M
  • General form IRREGULAR, PIPE-LIKE TO SHEET-LIKE
    Strike N 73 W
    Dip 5-20 SW IN SE PART; 10-15 NE IN NW PART

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Host Rock Foliation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Discoverer Early Prospecting Done By Cal Dell (Canon City)
Year of first production 1929

Mining district

District name Eight Mile Park District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colorado Feldspar Co.
    Home office Canon City, Co.
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.673HA
    Length 170.69M
    Overall depth 22.86M
    Overall length 97.54M
    Overall width 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 OPEN CUTS, 3 PROSPECT PITS WITH LARGEST 600X200 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE EVIDENCE OF ZONING; SEVERAL OFF SHOOTS, BUT CENTRAL PART ABOUT 500 FT DIAMETER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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