Crystal Peak Topaz Prospects

Prospect in Teller county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gemstone, Semiprecious Gemstone, Tin
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191707
MRDS ID D004872
MAS/MILS ID 0081190019
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Peak Topaz Prospects
Related records 10010856, 10216204

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.28918, 38.9956 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teller(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake George(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Teller

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 012 S 071 W 24 W2 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Tertiary
Semiprecious Gemstone Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Unknown
Albite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Columbite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Kaolin Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Topaz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.28918, 38.9956

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Comments on the geologic information

  • CASSITERITE REPORTED AS A MINOR OCCURRENCE IN PEGMATITES. PEGMATITE DEPOSITS MINED FOR THEIR GEM-QUALITY TOPAZ, SMOKY AND AMAZONITE. AREA HAS INTERMITTENT MINERAL PRODUCTION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1865

Mining district

District name Crystal Peak

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ECKEL, EDWIN D., 1961, MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECO

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 1114, PP 91.

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E. WM., 1953, ZONING IN PEGMATITE DISTRICTS: AM.

  • Deposit

    MINERALOGIST, V.38, N. 1 AND 2 PP. 76.

  • Deposit

    PEARL, R. M., 1958, COLORADO GEM AND MINERAL TRAILS: SAGE BO

  • Deposit

    PP. 108-113.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, GEORGE M., 1935, THE CRYSTAL PEAK REGION NEAR FLORRIS

  • Deposit

    COLORADO: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 10, A. 12, PP. 184-187.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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