The Colfelco Pegmatite is a feldspar mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,079 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,079 Feet (1,853 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar
Lat, Long: 38.4625, -105.35583
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Colfelco Pegmatite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Colfelco Pegmatite
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: Mica
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Eight Mile Park District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Colorado Feldspar Co.
Home Office: Canon City, Co.
Years: 1948 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1947
Discovery Year: 1945
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: SHEET-LIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Southern Front Range, Canon City Embayment, Eightmile Park
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Microcline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Unknown: Muscovite
Comments
Not available
References
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, 1:250,000
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E. W., 1948, PEGMATITES OF EIGHT MILE PARK, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 33, NOS. 7-10, P. 420-448, 550-587
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