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Famous Lode Mica Prospect, Little Joe

Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodity Mica
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016082
MRDS ID DC00336
Record type Site
Current site name Famous Lode Mica Prospect, Little Joe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.48614, 38.74722 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 15S 72W 18 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.48614, 38.74722
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEGMATITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dell, A. B.,Buford and Charles
    Home office Guffey, Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF MICA WAS PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949: CSM QUART., VOL 44, NO.2

  • Deposit

    HANLEY, HEINRICH, PAGE 1950. USGS PROF. PAPER 227

  • Deposit

    COMM. FILE DOC. OF MIN. DEP. BR., MICROFILM IN DENVER LIBRARY

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL PODS OR LENSES 60% MUSCOVITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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