The Luster No. 1 Mine is a feldspar and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,680 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: 7,680 Feet (2,341 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 39.39806, -105.22056
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Luster No. 1 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Luster No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Lester Mine
Secondary: Yttrium No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Tantalum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: South Platte Pegmatite 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: OVAL
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type: L
Description: Kennedy Gulch Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Topaz
Comments
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT, ANNULAR EXCAVATION IN INTERMEDIATE ZONE EAVING ISOLATED QUARTZ CORE
Comment (Deposit): OVAL PEGMATITE CONSISTS OF WALL ZONE OF QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-BIOTITE, OUTER INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF GIANT BIOTITE, INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF MICROCLINE (MINE ZONE), DISCONTINUOUS CORE-MARGIN ZONE OF GREEN FLUORITE, AND QUARTZ CORE. ABUNDANT CYRTOLITE IN OUTER INTERMEDIATE ZONE.
Comment (Location): ABOVE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF SPRING CREEK 0.45 MILE NW OF RALEIGH PEAK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
References
Reference (Deposit): SIMMONS, W.B., AND HEINRICH, E.W., 1980, RARE-EARTH PEGMATITES OF THE SOUTH PLATTE DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SER. 11, 131 P.
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, W.L., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE PLATTE CANYON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1181-C, 23 P., 1 PL.
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