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Lorain Pegmatite

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087801
MRDS ID D009887
Record type Site
Current site name Lorain Pegmatite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.35001, 38.45973 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Relative position 6.3 MILES N 88 W OF CANON CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Royal Gorge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(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 Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 018S 071W 20,29 S2 OF SE (20); N2 OF NE (29) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR GRAND CANYON HILLS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Secondary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Microcline Ore
Muscovite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 32
USGS model code 13
Deposit model name Pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.35001, 38.45973
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Front Range, Canon City Embayment, Eightmile Park
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form L-SHAPED IN PLAN
    Strike N 80 E, N 25 W (WESTERN ARM)
    Dip WESTERN ARM 80 NE
    Thickness 13.72M
    Length 472.44M
    Width 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 13.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatites, Host Rock Foliation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Discoverer J.E. Meyers

Mining district

District name Eight Mile Park District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. E. Meyers
    First year 1948

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E. W., 1948, PEGMATITES OF EIGHT MILE PARK, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 33, NOS. 7-10, P. 420-448, 550-587

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A. AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1:250,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EASTERN ARM NEARLY 0.25 MILE LONG, WESTERN ARM 250 FT LONG; MICROCLINE CORE ON WESTERN ARM
Deposit Discovery Year: 1940'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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