| Deposit ID | 10013953 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010527 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Famous Lode Mica Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Little Joe From Kokomo Claim Adjoining, Famous Lodge Pegmatites |
| Related records | 10281107 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.49225, 38.74861 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2713 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 1.5 MILE EAST OF GUFFEY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Park(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cover Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Park |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 015S | 072W | 18 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mica | Primary |
| Feldspar | Primary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Secondary |
| Tantalum Critical | Secondary |
| REE Critical | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Euxenite | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Cordierite | Gangue |
| Kyanite | Gangue |
| Sillimanite | Gangue |
| Spinel | Gangue |
| Vesuvianite | Gangue |
| Result | TO 60% MUSCOVITE |
|---|---|
| Result | SHEET AND PUNCH MICA L.T. 1% |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age | ||||||||
| Rock description | Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Biotite Gneiss |
| Rock description | Biotite Gneiss |
| (1) | -105.49225, 38.74861 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southern Front Range, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Fault |
| General form | LENSOID |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.91M |
| Length | 6.1M |
| Width | 1.52M |
| Depth to bottom | 0.91M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1944 |
| District name | Micanite-Guffey Area (Freshwater District) |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dell, A. B.,Buford and Charles |
| Home office | Guffey, Co. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010527 |
WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FLORISSANT 15 -MINUTE QUADRANGLE, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-104 4, 1:62,500.
LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-25, 1:500,000.
WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COV ER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500.
VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MIN ERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 469.
DEL RIO, S.M., 1960, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO; FIRST SEQUEL: C OLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 240
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SMALL PODS, LENSES CONCORDANT WITH STRUCTURE OF SCHISTOSE COUNTRY ROCK; DIMENSIONS ABOVE ARE FOR LARGEST POD. NUMER OUS OTHERS ARE PRESENT, AVERAGING 5 FT LONG BY 1 FT WIDE. ACCORDING TO VANDERWILT, SHEET MICA IS UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE PEGMATITE S AND IS NOT RESTRICTED TO ZONES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1983 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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