The Mcguire Mine is a feldspar mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,848 feet.
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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: 8,848 Feet (2,697 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar
Lat, Long: 39.33194, -105.41250
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Mcguire Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mcguire Mine
Secondary: Lone Lode
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: Gemstone
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: South Platte Pegmatite District
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: 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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type: L
Description: Shawnee Fault
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
Gangue: Xenotime
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Monazite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR PEGMATITE CONSISTS OF RELATIVELY THIN WALL ZONE OF QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-BIOTITE, CORE-MARGIN ZONE OF TOPAZ AND MONAZITE, CORE OF MICROCLINE-QUARTZ. SOUTHERN LOBE OF PEGMATITE CUTS ACROSS WNW-TRENDING APLITE DIKE.
Comment (Location): PROBABLY LOCATED NORTH OF FREEMAN CREEK. MINE IS SEPARATED FROM MAIN PART OF DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT MOSTLY IN CORE ZONE
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): HAYNES, C.V., JR., 1965, GENESIS OF THE WHITE CLOUD AND RELATED PEGMATITES, SOUTH PLATTE AREA. JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: GSA BULL., V. 76, NO. 4, P. 441-462.
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, AND OTHERS, 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163
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