The Luella Pegmatite is a feldspar mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,039 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,039 Feet (2,755 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar
Lat, Long: 38.84944, -106.05111
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Luella Pegmatite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Luella Pegmatite
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: REE
Secondary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Trout Creek Pass Area
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: C. J. Vesey, C. M. Martin, E. Moldenhauer
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1948 -
Owner Name: Magnusson And Sons
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1948 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1946
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Arkansas Valley Graben, Southern Mosquito Range
Type: L
Description: Nnw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bismutite
Ore: Euxenite
Ore: Allanite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Microcline
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT 60 X 20 X 30 FT DEEP; FLOOR IS 30 FT BELOW RIM, EASTERN BENCH 17 FT BELOW RIM
Comment (Location): ABOUT 3 MILES S 40 E OF YARD PEGMATITE; ABOUT 1.5 MILES N OF US HWYS 24 AND 285 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Deposit): ZONED: BORDER ZONE FINE-GRAINED, PINK MICROCLINE, QUARTZ; WALL ZONE 5-8 FT THICK OF MICROCLINE; QUARTZ; CORE MICROCLINE, QUARTZ, ROSE QUARTZ
References
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E. W., 1948, FLUORITE-RARE EARTH MINERAL PEGMATITES OF CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 33, NOS. 1-2, P. 69-71
Reference (Deposit): BRADY, B. T., 1975, MAP SHOWING FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN COLORADO: USGS MAP MR. 70, 1:500,000, TEXT
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, O. L., STEVEN, T. A., HAIL, W. J., JR., MOENCH, R. H., 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 1DEG X 2DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761, 1:250,000.
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