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Cramer No. 2 Quarry

Past Producer in Douglas county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, REE
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101850
MRDS ID D010361
Record type Site
Current site name Cramer No. 2 Quarry
Alternate or previous names Snowdrift Quarry
Related records 10183209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.0564, 39.29028 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Relative position 12.5 MILES S 63 W FROM CASTLE ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Head(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 009S 069W 01 SE OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF JACKSON CREEK JUST NORTH OF CRAMER QUARRY AND 3.1 MILES NE OF DEVILS HEAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Microcline Ore
Allanite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.0564, 39.29028
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Rampart Range Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Perry Park-Jarre Canyon Fault, Rampart Range Fault, Manitou Half Graben

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Devils Head Pegmatite District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MEEVES, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 24-25.

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, AND OTHERS, 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163.

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E.W., 1957, PEGMATITE PROVINCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUART., V. 52, NO. 4, P. 1-22.

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F. & &

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITE TRENDS N 70 E, 75 SE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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

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