| Deposit ID | 10108445 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC05743 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Spikebuck Mine |
| Related records | 10142293 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.47058, 38.45334 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1828 |
| Relative position | 3.5 MILES S38W OF PARKDALE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Fremont(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
McIntyre Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Canon City(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
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)
Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Fremont |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 18S | 72W | 27,28 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Primary |
| Mica | Secondary |
| Beryllium Critical | Secondary |
| Quartz | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Ore |
| Microcline | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Quartz | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Jasper | Gangue |
| Opal | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Model code | 32 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 13 |
| Deposit model name | Pegmatites |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Rock unit name | Granites, Amphibolites Associated With Gneiss |
| Rock description | Granites, Amphibolites Associated With Gneiss |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Migmatitic Gneiss |
| Rock description | Migmatitic Gneiss |
| (1) | -105.47058, 38.45334 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northern Wet Mountains |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Faults |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N40-68E |
| Dip | VERT |
| Thickness | 38.1M |
| Length | 243.84M |
| Width | 33.53M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 38.1M |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1950 |
| District name | Mcintyre Hills Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | M And S, Inc. |
| Home office | Denver, Co. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 76.2M |
| Overall depth | 38.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC05743 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0804300221 |
USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE
CONSERVATION DIV. RECORD DATA FILES
TAYLOR,R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1:62,500
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OUTER ZONE OF QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-MUSCOVITE PEGMATITE. CORE IS MICROCLINE-QUARTZ PEGMATITE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1973 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1982 | Collins, Donna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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