| Deposit ID | 10101833 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010135 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Homestake Mine |
| Related records | 10117607 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.9567, 38.62694 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2701 |
| Relative position | 6.8 MILES N 17 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 | S2 OF NW OF SE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Primary |
| Mica | Secondary |
| Beryllium Critical | Secondary |
| REE Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Albite | Ore |
| Apatite | Ore |
| Beryl | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | MILLED ORE YIELDS 40% ALBITE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Migmatitic Gneiss | ||||
| Rock description | Migmatitic Gneiss | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southern Mosquito Range, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Arkansas Valley Graben |
| General form | FUNNEL-SHAPED PLUG |
|---|---|
| Plunge | 10-15 |
| Plunge direction | N 71 E |
| Thickness | 182.88M |
| Length | 152.4M |
| Width | 30.48M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1944 |
| Year of first production | 1950 |
| Year of last production | 1963 |
| District name | Turret District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | M And S, Inc. |
| Home office | Denver, Co. |
| First year | 1944 |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Area | 1.577HA |
| Length | 182.88M |
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Overall length | 182.88M |
| Overall width | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010135 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080150152 |
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
MEEVES, H.C., HARRER, C.M., SALSBURY, M.H., KONSELMAN, A.S., SHANNON, S.S., JR., 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES; ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, SOUTH DAKOTA, UTAH, AND WYOMING: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8298, P. 23
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.
VAN DIVER B.B., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE CALUMET MINING DISTRICT, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO THESIS, P. 83-84
VAN ALSTINE, R.E. (1969); VAN DIVER, B.B. (1957)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ZONED: CORE IS ALBITE PEGMATITE, WALL IS QUARTZ-ALBITE-MUSCOVITE-MICROCLINE PEGMATITE |
| Deposit | FOR SEVERAL YEARS THIS WAS THE STATE'S LARGEST FELDSPAR PRODUCER (VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, P. 45) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1983 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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