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Rowe's Prospects

Prospect in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Mica, Feldspar, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094597
MRDS ID D009870
Record type Site
Current site name Rowe's Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.48528, 38.67513 (WGS84)
Elevation 2515
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 5.5 MILES S 69 E OF GUFFEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cover 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 016S 072W 7 NE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SIDE OF HILL NEAR MAC GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Microcline Ore
Muscovite Ore
Beryl Trace

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 Of Boulder Creek Age
    Rock description Quartz Diorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.48528, 38.67513
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault Zone
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Front Range, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name Micanite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 SMALL PEGMATITES CLUSTERED TOGETHER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1982-12-01 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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