| Deposit ID | 10013809 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010311 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Timberline Tunnel |
| Alternate or previous names | Cather Springs Deposit, Claims: Timberline Nos. 1 and 2, MS 20026 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -104.91, 38.72945 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2627 |
| Relative position | 8.1 MILES S 30 W FROM COLORADO SPRINGS |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | El Paso |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 015S | 067W | 20 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Pikes Peak Granite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Pikes Peak Granite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Rock unit name | Pikes Peak Granite |
| Rock description | Pikes Peak Granite |
| (1) | -104.91, 38.72945 |
|---|
| 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, Emerald Valley Fault |
| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 2.13M |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | William D. Edmonston (Claimant) |
| Year of first production | 1917 |
| Year of last production | 1945 |
| District name | Cheyenne (St. Peters Dome) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kramer Mines, Inc. |
| Home office | Denver, Co. |
| First year | 1945 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010311 |
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.
FINLAY, G.I., 1916, DESCRIPTION OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 203.
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.
PEARL, R.M., 1965, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: DENVER, SAGE BOOKS, P. 171-180.
OVER, EDWIN, JR., 1929, SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES OF EL PASO COUNTY: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 4, NO. 4, P. 106-107.
STEVEN, 1949
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COUNTRY ROCK OF PIKES PEAK GRANITE NORTH OF MINE AREA INTRUDED BY SMALL STOCKS AND PLUGS OF FAYALITE GRANITE AND MT ROSA GRANITE AND CUT BY ARCUATE, NE-TRENDING EMERALD VALLEY FAULT SUBCONCENTRIC ON SOUTH SIDE OF MT ROSA INTRUSIVE CENTER, OVERLAPPING, LENTICULAR VEINS UP TO 7 FT THICK AND 200 FT LONG ARRANGED IN SUBPARALLEL FRACTURES OF NARROW NNW-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE; EXPOSED THROUGH 380-FT VERTICAL RANGE AND APPEAR VERTICALLY DISCONTINUOUS AS WELL AS LATERALLY. HIGHER GRADE FLUORSPAR FOUND IN SECOND-PERIOD VEIN FORMATION BUT IS NARROWER AND MORE SILICEOUS THAN VEINS FORMED BY REPEATED BRECCIATION AND DEPOSITION. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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