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Chief #1-5 Mine

Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Quartz, Feldspar, Beryllium, Lithium, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108446
MRDS ID DC05751
Record type Site
Current site name Chief #1-5 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.59558, 38.48334 (WGS84)
Elevation 2396
Relative position 4.5 MILES N02E OF TEXAS CREEK POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Echo(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 18S 73W 17 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST GULCH, NORTH OF DEVIL'S HOLE (ZINGHEIM) MINE; (UNSURVEYED) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973) (1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Lithium Critical Primary
REE Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Lepidolite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Topaz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

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 > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Of Silver Plume.Age
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Of Silver Plume.Age
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.59558, 38.48334
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Front Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Fault Near Texas Creek Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike ESE
    Dip NE
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1950
Year of last production 1959
Production years 1950-1959

Mining district

District name Devil'S Hole Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.394HA
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPEN CUTS; CUT 1 TRENDS E-W, ABOUT 100 FT X 25 FT X 35 FT DEEP AT FACE (EASTERN CUT); CUT 2 (WESTERN CUT) ABOUT 25 FT WIDE, 12 FT DEEP; SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E.W. AND VIAN, R.W., 1965, THE CHIEF LITHIUM PEGMATITE, DEVILS HOLE, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 50, NOS. 1-2, P. 96-104.

  • Deposit

    MEEVES, H.C., HARRER, C.M., SALSBURY, M.H., KONSELMAN, A.S. AND 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, 34 P.

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONED PEGMATITE DIKE; PRIMARY L1 MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN CUT; CORE OF PEGMATITE IS QUARTZ-FELDSPAR

Reporter information

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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