The Unnamed Pegmatite Mine is a quartz, stone, and feldspar mine located in Saguache 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: Quartz, Stone, Feldspar
Lat, Long: 38.04944, -105.73556
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Unnamed Pegmatite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Pegmatite Mine
Commodity
Primary: Quartz
Primary: Stone
Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: Thorium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Sangre De Cristo Fault, Unnamed Faults, Gibson Peak Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Xenotime
Ore: Euxenite
Ore: Monazite
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG UNNAMED GULCHES SOUTH OF MARSHALL GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1980 EDITION
References
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-628.
Reference (Deposit): BROWN BROWN, L.J., AND MALAN, R.C., 1954, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIU M IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF COLORADO: AEC
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, R.L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-36, P. 4.
Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND ADAMS, J.W., 1962, THORIUM AND RARE EARTH IN THE U NITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-28, P. 4-5.
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