Devils Head Prospect

Past Producer in Douglas county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gemstone, Feldspar, Tin
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. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013800
MRDS ID D010296
Record type Site
Current site name Devils Head Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.11585, 39.25694 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 16.0 MILES S 60 W FROM CASTLE ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Head(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 009S 069W 21 NW OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF JACKSON CREEK APPROX 0.8 MILE SW OF DEVILS HEAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Feldspar Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Cassiterite Gangue
Cleavelandite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Oxides

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.11585, 39.25694

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Rampart Range Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Perry Park-Jarre Canyon Fault, Rampart Range Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben

Ore body information

  • Length 24.38M
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Devils Head Pegmatite District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 21.34M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • SITE HAS PRODUCED GEM AND MINERAL SPECIMENS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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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