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Little Patsy Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Quartz, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Thorium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087820
MRDS ID D010171
Record type Site
Current site name Little Patsy Mine
Alternate or previous names Patsy Mine, Claim: Little Patsy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.2303, 39.41055 (WGS84)
Elevation 2268
Relative position 15.9 MILES S 17 E FROM EVERGREEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Platte Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007S 070W 28 NW OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SPECIFIC LOCATION INFORMATION IS FOR THE STOCKTON MINE, THE LARGEST IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
  • WEST OF LION GULCH 1.3 MILES NW OF RALEIGH PEAK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Feldspar Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary
REE Critical Secondary
Thorium Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE FIRST RECOGNIZED DURING WWI

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Biotite Gangue
Cleavelandite Gangue
Fergusonite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Thorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Perthite Replaced By Cleavelandite; Biotite By Hematite; Possible Hydration Of Cyrtolite-Thorite; Partial Replacement Of Fluorite By Yttrofluorite; Minor Sericite.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.2303, 39.41055
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pine Gulch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form CIRCULAR
    Length 59.44M
    Width 54.86M
  • General form CIRCULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1967

Mining district

District name South Platte Pegmatite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colorado Clay And Mining Co.
    Home office St. Louis, Mo.
    First year 1967
  • Type Owner
    Owner Forest Hamilton
    Home office Buffalo Creek
    First year 1967

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FOR 1964 INCLUDES TONNAGE FROM OREGON NO. 3 MINE. RECORDS SHOW ONLY QUARTZ AND RAE-FLUORITE PRODUCTION, BUT SIMMONS AND HEINRICH'S MAP (PL. 9) SHOWS PERTHITE ZONE EXCAVATED.
  • WORKED EXTENSIVELY FOR COPPER IN 1870'S; THESE FIGURES ARE FROM THE STOCKTON MINE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MUCH OF THE TUNGSTEN RESERVE CONSISTS OF THE DUMPS AT THE SADDLE, STOCKTON, AND OTHER MINES IN THE DISTRICT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 114.3M
    Overall depth 7.62M
    Overall length 51.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT, SEMIANNULAR CUT IN FLD AROUND QUARTZ CORE AND CUT INTO SE WALL OF QUARTZ CORE.
  • SHAFTS, ADITS, TUNNELS, PITS, OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROUGHLY CIRCULAR TO POD-SHAPED PEGMATITE IS CONCENTRICALLY ZONED AND CONTAINS 1) 5- TO 20-FT-THICK WALL ZONE OF GRAPHIC GRANITE WITH SCATTERED BIOTITE BLADES; 2) OUTER INTERMEDIATE ZONE ENCOMPASSING THE MIDDLE INTERMEDIATE OF BIOTITE WITH THORITE AND CYRTOLITE AGGREGATES IN MICROCLINE-PERTHITE; 3) POORLY DEVELOPED INNER INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF FLUORITE; 4) QUARTZ CORE. FERGUSONITE OCCURS IN OUTER INTERMEDIATE ZONE.
Deposit 9 VEINS AT STOCKTON MINE, ALL STRIKE NE, PARALLEL TO SCHISTOSITY OF HOST ROCK. VEINS ARE PEGMATITIC IN CHARACTER; GERTRUDE AND STOCKTON ARE MAIN VEINS IN DISTRICT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1993 Spanski, Gregory T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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