The Famous Lode Mica Prospect is a mica and feldspar mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,901 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: 8,901 Feet (2,713 Meters)
Commodity: Mica, Feldspar
Lat, Long: 38.74861, -105.49167
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Famous Lode Mica Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Famous Lode Mica Prospect
Secondary: Little Joe From Kokomo Claim Adjoining
Secondary: Famous Lodge Pegmatites
Commodity
Primary: Mica
Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: Niobium (Columbium)
Secondary: Tantalum
Secondary: REE
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Micanite-Guffey Area (Freshwater 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Dell, A. B.,Buford and Charles
Home Office: Guffey, Co.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1944
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: LENSOID
Structure
Type: R
Description: Southern Front Range, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SHEET AND PUNCH MICA L.T. 1%
Analytical Data: TO 60% MUSCOVITE
Materials
Ore: Euxenite
Ore: Muscovite
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Sillimanite
Gangue: Spinel
Gangue: Kyanite
Gangue: Cordierite
Gangue: Vesuvianite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SMALL PODS, LENSES CONCORDANT WITH STRUCTURE OF SCHISTOSE COUNTRY ROCK; DIMENSIONS ABOVE ARE FOR LARGEST POD. NUMER OUS OTHERS ARE PRESENT, AVERAGING 5 FT LONG BY 1 FT WIDE. ACCORDING TO VANDERWILT, SHEET MICA IS UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE PEGMATITE S AND IS NOT RESTRICTED TO ZONES.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
References
Reference (Deposit): HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W., PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGA TIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAP ER 227, P. 105
Reference (Deposit): WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FLORISSANT 15 -MINUTE QUADRANGLE, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-104 4, 1:62,500.
Reference (Deposit): WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COV ER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MIN ERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 469.
Reference (Deposit): DEL RIO, S.M., 1960, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO; FIRST SEQUEL: C OLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 240
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-25, 1:500,000.
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