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Mattie B. Mine

Past Producer in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Gold, 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. 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 10013807
MRDS ID D010309
Record type Site
Current site name Mattie B. Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Mattie B., MS 20501, Abe Lincoln, MS 20501, Trail, MS 20501

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.90973, 38.7439 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Relative position 7.2 MILES S 33 W FROM COLORADO SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Big Chief(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(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 El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015S 067W 17 E2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN GULCH WEST OF GOLD CAMP ROAD 0.25 MILE SSE OF ST. PETERS DOME. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BASE AND PRECIOUS METALS OCCURRENCE AND MINOR RECOVERY ASSUMED ON BASIS OF HISTORICAL INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.90973, 38.7439
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mt Rosa Intrusive Center, Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer B.A. Banta (Claimant)
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name Cheyenne (St. Peters Dome) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kramer Mines, Inc.
    Home office Denver, Co.
    First year 1945

Comments on the production information

  • PART OF TOTAL PRODUCTION BY KRAMER MINES FROM TIMBERLINE, DUFFIELD, AND MATTIE B. IN 1944-45.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.

  • Deposit

    FINLAY, G.I., 1916, DESCRIPTION OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 203.

  • Deposit

    STEVEN, T.A., 1949, GEOLOGY AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE ST. PETERS DOME DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 6, P. 259-284.

  • Deposit

    PEARL, R.M., 1965, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: DENVER, SAGE BOOKS, P. 171-180.

  • Deposit

    OVER, EDWIN, JR., 1929, SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES OF EL PASO COUNTY: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 4, NO. 4, P. 106-107.

  • Production

    STEVEN, 1949

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COUNTRY ROCK OF PIKES PEAK GRANITE INTRUDED BY SMALL PLUGS OF FAYALITE GRANITE AND IS CUT BY NORTH-TRENDING TERTIARY(?) SYENITE LAMPROPHYRE DIKE. VEIN CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED FLUORITE CEMENTED BY GRANULAR QUARTZ, WITH HIGHEST GRADE CONCENTRATED ADJACENT TO GOUGE IN HANGING WALL. VEIN LOCALIZED IN BEND OF CROSS-CUTTING FAULT. HANGING WALL SOUTH OF BEND TRENDS N 10 E, 45 NW, AND NORTH OF BEND VEIN TRENDS N 50 E, 45 NW. AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 4 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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