The Consolidated Feldspar Corporation Mine is a feldspar and mica mine located in Fremont county, Colorado.
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Consolidated Feldspar Corporation Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Consolidated Feldspar Corporation Mine
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Mica
Secondary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Tantalum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Eightmile 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
Not available
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: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Pegmatites
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Southern Front Range
Type: L
Description: Folding, Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Microcline
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR CENTER OF EIGHTMILE PARK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976) (1976)
Comment (Production): ITEM 3: BERYL
Comment (Deposit): THE PEGMATITE IS ZONED
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ZONED PEG
Comment (Deposit): THE GEOLOGY GIVEN HERE DOES NOT MATCH THAT ON THE GEOLOGIC MAP. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE LOCATION GIVEN FOR THIS MINE IS IN ERROR. IF SO, THE MINE IS PROBABLY IN OR NEAR SECTION 14 WITH THE NUMEROUS OTHER PEGMATITES OF SIMILAR MINERALOGY.
References
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64 F5) HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W., PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, P. 34-42. F5) HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W., PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, P. 34-42.
Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE
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. AND 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, 34 P.
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