| Deposit ID | 10087809 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010140 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Old Glory Claim |
| Alternate or previous names | Last Chance Spar-Mica Dyke Prospect, Last Chance Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.96337, 38.63056 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2755 |
| Relative position | 6.9 MILES N 12 E OF SALIDA POST OFFICE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chaffee(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cameron 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)
Federal lands
Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Chaffee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 051N | 009E | 34 | W2 OF SW OF SE OF NW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Primary |
| Mica | Primary |
| Beryllium Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Ore |
| Feldspar | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Rock unit name | Granodiorite |
| Rock description | Granodiorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southern Mosquito Range, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Arkansas Valley Graben |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | E-W-Trending Faults |
| General form | CRESCENTIC |
|---|---|
| Length | 60.96M |
| Width | 38.1M |
| General form | CRESCENTIC |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1944 |
| District name | Turret District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Walter Record |
| Home office | Turret, Co. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.016HA |
| Length | 15.24M |
| Overall depth | 0.91M |
| Overall length | 22.86M |
| Overall width | 7.62M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010140 |
SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000
BOARDMAN, S.J., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 3, P. 89-100.
BOARDMAN, S.J., 1971, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SALIDA AREA, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 131 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MAIN "ARM" IS 200 X 40 FT; OTHER "ARM" IS 105 X 35 FT; THREE ZONES PLUS BORDER ZONE; WALL ZONE: FINE-GRAINED, QUARTZ-POTASH FELDSPAR-MUSCOVITE-PLAGIOCLASE PEGMATITE; INTERMEDIATE ZONE: QUARTZ-PLAGIOCLASE-MUSCOVITE-BERYL; CORE: QUARTZ-WHITE POTASH FELDSPAR |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1983 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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