Old Glory Claim

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -105.96337, 38.63056 (WGS84)
Elevation 2755
Relative position 6.9 MILES N 12 E OF SALIDA POST OFFICE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 051N 009E 34 W2 OF SW OF SE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SLOPE OF HILL; 100 YARDS WEST OF ROAD, 4 MILES SOUTH OF TURRET AT HEAD OF STEEP GRADE OF TURRET ROAD JUST NORTH OF RAILROAD GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Muscovite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • 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

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form CRESCENTIC
    Length 60.96M
    Width 38.1M
  • General form CRESCENTIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1944

Mining district

District name Turret District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter Record
    Home office Turret, Co.
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.016HA
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 0.91M
    Overall length 22.86M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SMALL CUTS; LARGEST IS 25 X 20 X 3 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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