The Feldspar Mine is a barium-barite mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,196 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: 9,196 Feet (2,803 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 38.2375, -105.25139
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Feldspar Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Feldspar Mine
Secondary: Feldspar Lode
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Feldspar
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
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: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Ilse Fault
Description: Wet Mountains
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 7 FT. VEIN, 1000 FT. OUTCROP, N13W 73E
References
Reference (Deposit): ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, P. 34
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11,69
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