Cressmans Gulch Prospect

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Mica
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013733
MRDS ID D010191
Record type Site
Current site name Cressmans Gulch Prospect
Related records 10134865, 10142804

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.25614, 39.7861 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 2.4 MILES N 37 W FROM GOLDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralston Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003S 070W 17 SW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN CRESSMANS GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary
Tantalum Critical Secondary
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Microcline Ore
Muscovite Ore
Albite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Manganotantalite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Granitic Pegmatite
    Rock description Granitic Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Idaho Springs Formation-Hornblende Gneiss Unit
    Rock description Idaho Springs Formation-Hornblende Gneiss Unit

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.25614, 39.7861

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Hurricane Hill Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 96.01M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clear Creek Pegmatite Province

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lyman C. And Audrey E. Ladwig
    Home office Arvada, Co.
    First year 1944

Comments on the production information

  • PRESUMED ANNUAL PRODUCTION, YEARS UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • EAST OPEN CUT IS 75 FT LONG, 35 FT WIDE, 40 FT DEEP. WEST OPEN CUT IS 35 FT LONG, 6 TO 20 FT WIDE, 35 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • K-FELDSPAR HAS BEEN PRODUCED. PRIOR TO OCT. 1943, 1000 LB BERYL PRODUCED. FROM 10/23/43 TO 1/11/44, REWORKED DUMPS YIELDED 979.5 LB BERYL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRINCIPAL AND SEVERAL SUBSIDIARY PEGMATITES CUT ACROSS COUNTRY ROCK SCHISTOSITY (N 85 W, 85 TO 90 SW). MAIN ECONOMIC PEGMATITE STRIKES DUE EAST AND DIPS 80 TO 90 S. PEGMATITE CONTAINS 1) WALL ZONE OF QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-ALBITE PEGMATITE WITH TOURMALINE, 2) INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF QUARTZ-ALBITE PEGMATITE WITH BERYL AND APATITE, AND 3) CORE OF QUARTZ-MICROCLINE PEGMATITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. 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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