Combination Prospect

Occurrence 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087831
MRDS ID D010252
Record type Site
Current site name Combination Prospect
Alternate or previous names Allard Beryllium Prospect
Related records 10263088

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.98281, 38.63306 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 7.9 MILES N 04 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 33 SW OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • HALF MILE SOUTH OF ABANDONED TURRET SCHOOLHOUSE AND 200 YARDS SOUTH OF TURRET ROAD; ALLARD PROSPECT NEAR THE COMBINATION PROSPECT--EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BERYL CRYSTALS BRIGHT BLUE, 3 X 6 X 12 INCHES; FELDSPAR RED, WHITE

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.98281, 38.63306

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

  • Strike EAST
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 45.72M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer L.J. Doyle And J.H. Brookhart

Mining district

District name Turret District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. J. Doyle And N. J. Brookhart
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT, 2 SHALLOW CUTS ON WESTERN SLOPE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITE TAPERS AT BOTH ENDS;
Deposit PROBABLY NOT RICH ENOUGH IN FELDSPAR OR IN BERYL TO BE OF COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE (HANLEY, 1950) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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