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Teller Pegmatite Claim

Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities REE, Fluorine-Fluorite, Feldspar, Beryllium, Thorium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016073
MRDS ID DC00317
Record type Site
Current site name Teller Pegmatite Claim
Alternate or previous names Meyers Prospect
Related records 10239931

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.37002, 38.97083 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MI SOUTH OF LAKE GEORGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake George(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 12S 71W 31 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Feldspar Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Gadolinite Ore
Microcline Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Orthoclase Ore
Quartz Ore
Xenotime Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Oligocene sedimentary rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 30.48M
    Depth to top 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • YT-BEARING DEPOSITS, APPARENTLY HYDROTHERMAL REPLACEMENT OF FELDSPAR, OCCUR AS LENSES OF FLUORITE MAINLY IN THE NORTH PORTION OF THE PEGMATITE ; GEOL.DESC: NO BERYL FOUND, LENTICULAR PEG, CONTACTS IRREGULAR, LONG AXIS TRENDS N 52W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1: GADOLINITE; ITEM 2: YTTROFLUORITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GLASS, J.J., ROSE, H.J., JR., AND OVER, EDWIN, 1958 NOTES ON THE MINERALOGY OF AN YTTRIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE BODY NEAR LAKE GEORGE, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO: AM. MIN. VOL. 43, NO. 9-10, PG. 991-994

  • Deposit

    MEEVES, H.C., HARRER, C.M., SALSBURY, M.H., KONSELMAN, A.S. AND SHANNON, S.S., 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES, USDI BM INFO CIRC 8298

  • Deposit

    HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W. AND PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO WYOMING AND UTAH; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, 125 P.

  • Deposit

    PEARL, RICHARD M., 1958, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERALS GUIDE, SAGE BOOKS DENVER 223 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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