The Devil's Hole Quarry is a feldspar, mica, and stone mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar, Mica, Stone
Lat, Long: 38.47139, -105.58583
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Devil's Hole Quarry MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Devil's Hole Quarry
Secondary: Zingheim Quarry
Secondary: Wild Rose Claim
Secondary: Federal Quarry
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Mica
Primary: Stone
Secondary: Niobium (Columbium)
Secondary: Tantalum
Secondary: Quartz
Secondary: Beryllium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Devils Hole Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Earl E. Zingheim
Home Office: Canon City, Co.
Years: 1922 - 1950
Production
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1922-1950
Mined: 91000.000 g
Material type: coumbite-tantalite
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1922-1950
Mined: 1500.000 mt
Material type: scrap mica
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1922-1950
Mined: 15300.000 mt
Material type: Feldspar
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1922-1950
Mined: 280.000 mt
Material type: Beryl
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Year Last Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1922
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Pegmatites
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Southern Front Range
Type: L
Description: Near Offshoot To Ne Of Nnw-Trending Texas Creek Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Columbite
Ore: Tantalite
Ore: Mica
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Feldspar
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): MINOR QUANTITIES OF AN ALTERED BISMUTH MINERAL AND SOME FREE GOLD HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE WEST DRIFT OF THE SOUTHERN CUT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED; JUST NORTH OF BULL GULCH NEAR ITS INTERSECTION WITH EAST GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Deposit): LARGEST KNOWN PEGMATITE DEPOSIT IN DISTRICT; ZONED IN SOUTHERN PART OF DEPOSIT WITH WALL ZONE OF QUARTZ MICRO CLINE-MUSCOVITE ALBITE PEGMATITE, AN INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF MUSCOVITE-ALBITE-QUARTZ PEGMATITE AND A CORE OF MASSIVE MICROCLINE AND QUARTZ PEGMATITE; THE BERYL AND COLUMBITE-TANTALITE ARE FOUND PRIMARILY IN THE INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF THE PEGMATITE.
Comment (Workings): 2 LARGE OPEN CUTS WITH UNDERGROUND WORKINGS OFF OF THEM; SOUTHERN CUT HAS 2 DRIFTS, WITH SEVERAL RAISES; NORTHERN CUT HAS SHAFT, "TUNNEL"
References
Reference (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, P. 7-9, 26.
Reference (Deposit): HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W. AND PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, P. 55-61.
Reference (Deposit): STERRETT, D.B., 1923, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULLETIN 740, P. 49-56.
Reference (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
Reference (Deposit): HANLEY, J.B., 1947, PEGMATITES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO, PART II: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 466-470
Reference (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
Reference (Production): HANLEY, J.B. AND OTHERS, 1950
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