The Mica Lode Mine is a feldspar, mica, and beryllium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,099 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: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium
Lat, Long: 38.47806, -105.30778
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Mica Lode Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mica Lode Mine
Secondary: Mica Hill Deposit
Secondary: Micalode Mine
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Mica
Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Niobium (Columbium)
Secondary: Tantalum
Secondary: REE
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Lithium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Eight Mile Park District
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: Colorado Feldspar Co.
Home Office: Canon City, Co.
Years: 1944 -
Owner Name: Robert A Shipley
Home Office: Canon City, Co.
Years: 1944 -
Production
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1928-1950
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1928
Discovery Year: 1904
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Pegmatites
Orebody
Form: "TAD POLE-SHAPED"
Structure
Type: R
Description: Southern Front Range, Canon City Embayment
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Fault, Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Age Old: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BERYL: 12.01-12.68% BEO
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Bismutite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Microcline
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Lepidolite
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Quartz
Trace: Apatite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): First Production Year: 1928-1942
Comment (Production): AS OF 1950 THIS WAS THE LARGEST PEGMATITE FELDSPAR PRODUCER IN COLORADO
Comment (Reserve-Resource): VISUAL ESTIMATES GIVEN ABOVE; HANLEY STATES THAT "IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE ACTUAL RESERVE...IS TWO OR THREE TIMES THE ESTIMATED TOTAL"
Comment (Development): J.E. MEYERS (CANON CITY) RELOCATED THIS IN 1928
Comment (Deposit): ZONED PEGMATITE; WALL ZONE IS QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-MUSCOVITE-BIOTITE PEGMATITE, INTERMEDIATE ZONE IS MUSCOVITE-QUARTZ-ALBITE PEGMATITE CONTAINING BERYL, CORE IS MICROCLINE-QUARTZ PEGMATITE
Comment (Workings): FOUR OPEN CUTS NEAR EAST END OF PEGMATITE, PLUS A ROOM CUT IN NORTH FACE AT WATER LEVEL (LOWER WORKINGS FLOODED); BENCHES
Comment (Location): JUST NORTH OF ROYAL GORGE PARK; NW OF MEYERS MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Commodity): SOME PARTS OF BERYL CRYSTALS ARE OF GEM QUALITY
References
Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, E. B., 1961, MINERALS OF COLORADO, A 100-YEAR RECORD: USGS BULLETIN 1114, P. 20, 72, 160, 339-340.
Reference (Deposit): 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
Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H. C., HARRER, C. M., SALSBURY, M. H., KONSELMAN, A. S., 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. 25
Reference (Deposit): STERRETT, D. B., 1923, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULLETIN 740, P. 55-56
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. 34-37
Reference (Deposit): LANDES, K. K., 1935, COLORADO PEGMATITES: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V.20, NO. 5, P. 328-329
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E. W., 1948, PEGMATITES OF EIGHT MILE PARK, FREMONT COUNTY , COLORADO: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 33, NOS. 7-10,P. 420-448, 550-587.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HANLEY, J.B., 1950, P. 37; MEEVES, H.C., 1966, P. 8.
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