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Stove Mountain Mineral Locality

Producer in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gemstone, REE, Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Titanium, Metal, Tin, Thorium, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013851
MRDS ID D010379
Record type Site
Current site name Stove Mountain Mineral Locality
Alternate or previous names Cook Stove Mountain Mineral Locality

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.90139, 38.77612 (WGS84)
Elevation 2414
Relative position 5.2 MILES S 44 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

Manitou Springs(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 04,05,08 NW (04); E2 (05); N2 (08) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • AT AND AROUND FAIRVIEW ON GOLD CAMP ROAD. GENERALLY ON EAST AND NORTHEAST SLOPES OF STOVE MTN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR FAIRVIEW SITE IN E2 SW NW SEC. 04. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
REE Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary
Titanium, Metal Critical Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary
Thorium Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GEM AND MINERAL SPECIMENS INCLUDE SOME OF OTHER METALS LISTED ABOVE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Astrophyllite Ore
Columbite Ore
Cryolite Ore
Fergusonite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Pyrochlore Ore
Riebeckite Ore
Topaz Ore
Xenotime Ore
Zircon Ore
Allanite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Cassiterite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Fayalite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue
Sphene Gangue
Thorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration Of Fluorine Minerals; Alteration Of Siderite To Hematite And Limonite

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 > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pike Peak Granite;Pegmatite And Syenite Dikes
    Rock description Pike Peak Granite;Pegmatite And Syenite Dikes
  • 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) -104.90139, 38.77612
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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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Miarolitic Cavities In Pegmatites

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cheyenne (St. Peters Dome) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SMALL SURFACE CUTS AND OUTCROP EXPOSURES; FLOAT

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTENT MINERAL SPECIMEN COLLECTING FOR MANY YEARS. AREA ESPECIALLY NOTED FOR CRYOLITE AND RARE FLUORINE ALTERATION MINERALS, GEM ZIRCON, SMOKY QUARTZ, BASTNAESITE, RIEBECKITE, ASTROPHYLLITE, GENTHELVITE (ONLY KNOWN WORLD OCCURRENCE), PROBABLE FIRST COLORADO DISCOVERIES OF FERGUSONITE AND COLUMBITE.

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. & &

  • Deposit

    GLASS, J.J., AND ADAMS, J.W., 1953, GENTHELVITE CRYSTAL FROM EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 38, NOS. 9 AND 10, P. 858-860.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COUNTRY ROCK OF PIKES PEAK GRANITE INTRUDED BY SMALL STOCKS AND PLUGS OF FAYALITE GRANITE AND MT ROSA GRANITE AND CUT BY SYENITE DIKES AND GENERALLY NNE-TO NE-TRENDING PEGMATITES. MINERAL SPECIMENS FOUND AS 1) GEMS AND ACCESSORIES IN MIAROLITIC CAVITIES IN PEGMATITES; 2) FLUORITE/CRYOLITE, BASE METAL SULFIDES, AND GANGUE IN FLUORSPAR VEINS; 3) ESSENTIAL AND ACCESSORY MINERALS IN FLUORINE-ENRICHED GRANITE.

Reporter information

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

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