| Deposit ID | 10013724 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010175 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dazie Bell Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Daisy Bell Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.20169, 39.38056 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2188 |
| Relative position | 18.4 MILES S 20 E FROM EVERGREEN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jefferson(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Platte Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)
South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Jefferson |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 008S | 070W | 02 | SW OF SW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Secondary |
| REE Critical | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gadolinite | Ore |
| Quartz | Ore |
| Allanite | Gangue |
| Doverite | Gangue |
| Pyrolusite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite | ||||
| Rock description | Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Rock unit name | Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite |
| Rock description | Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite |
| (1) | -105.20169, 39.38056 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Pine Gulch Fault |
| General form | ELLIPSOIDAL |
|---|---|
| Length | 41.15M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1965 |
| District name | South Platte Pegmatite District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Crisler And Corder |
| Home office | Colorado Springs, Co. |
| First year | 1965 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Herb Crisler |
| Home office | Colorado Springs, Co. |
| First year | 1965 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010175 |
PETERSON, W.L., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE PLATTE CANYON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1181-C, 23 P., 1 PL.
HAYNES, C.V., JR., 1965, GENESIS OF THE WHITE CLOUD AND RELATED PEGMATITES, SOUTH PLATTE AREA, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: GSA BULL., V. 76, NO. 4, P. 441-462.
COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATORS REPTS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | STEEPLY DIPPING ELLIPSOIDAL PEGMATITES CONSIST OF SIMPLE QUARTZ CORES OR COMPOSITE FORMS CONSISTING OF QUARTZ OR QUARTZ-MICROCLINE CORES AND WALL ZONES OF QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-BIOTITE; MINOR ALLANITE AND CRYSTALLINE PYROLUSITE. LARGE PRIMARY VUGS HAVE WELL-DEVELOPED SMOKY QUARTZ WITH MICROCLINE AND FLUORITE CRYSTALS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1993 | Spanski, Gregory T. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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