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Meyers Mine

The Meyers Mine is a feldspar and mica mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,398 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

Name: Meyers Mine

State:  Colorado

County:  Fremont

Elevation: 6,398 Feet (1,950 Meters)

Commodity: Feldspar, Mica

Lat, Long: 38.48083, -105.29111

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Meyers Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Meyers Mine
Secondary: Suzana Claims
Secondary: Suzanna Claims
Secondary: Meyers Quarry
Secondary: Meyers-Halstead Quarry

Commodity

Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Mica
Secondary: Beryllium
Secondary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Lithium
Tertiary: Uranium
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.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1929
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: LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR, WITH MANY BRANCHINGS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Southern Front Range, Canon City Embayment

Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granodiorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Age Old: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Granodiorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granodiorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Age Old: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Granodiorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: COLUMBITE: 56.48% NB2O5, 22.12% TA2O5

Materials

Ore: Beryl
Ore: Microcline
Ore: Muscovite
Ore: Lepidolite
Ore: Bismutite
Ore: Albite
Ore: Amblygonite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Trace: Malachite
Trace: Torbernite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): POORLY ZONED; CORE CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF ISOLATED PODS OF VARYING SIZE, CONTAINING MASSIVE QUARTZ, CRYSTALS TO 4-FT DIAMETER OF MICROCLINE

Comment (Workings): 3 LARGE OPEN CUTS, OTHER TRENCHES, PITS; MAIN CUT IS 100X150 FT IN PLAN, 50 FT DEEP

Comment (Location): THERE ARE 5 PATENTED CLAIMS IN THE SUZANNA BLOCK; THE MINE LIES JUST EAST OF THE MICA LODE MINE, NEAR BASE OF SMALL HILL. IT LIES NORTH OF THE ACCESS ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

References

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. 37-40.

Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1948, PEGMATITES OF EIGHT MILE PARK, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 33, P. 420-448.

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. 26

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): HEINRICH, E.W. AND VIAN, R.W., 1965, THE CHIEF LITHIUM PEGMATITE, DEVILS HOLE, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V.50, NO. 1, P. 96-102.

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 (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., AND COREY, A.S., 1955, MONTEBRASITE FROM EIGHT MILE PARK, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 40, NOS. 11-12, P. 1141-1145.

Reference (Production): HANLEY, J.B. AND OTHERS, 1950;

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