Katydid Mine

Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111293
MRDS ID D010344
Record type Site
Current site name Katydid Mine
Alternate or previous names Rogers Publishing Co. Mine
Related records 10288243

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.5378, 39.03889 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Relative position 1.5 MILES S 71 W OF BADGER MOUNTAIN SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glentivar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
012S;011S 073W;073W 02,03;34 NW (02) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR WILKERSON PASS, SW OF BADGER MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Mica Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY TO 20 TIMES BACKGROUND

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.5378, 39.03889

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range, Puma Hills
Type of structure Local
Structure description N- And Nw-Trending Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins, Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Year of first production 1920

Mining district

District name Wilkerson Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • MINE HAS BEEN WORKED SINCE ABOUT 1920 FOR MICA AND FELDSPAR (1956)

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 BULLDOZED PITS, 800 FT OF DRILLING

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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