The Katydid Mine is a feldspar and mica mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,199 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: 9,199 Feet (2,804 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar, Mica
Lat, Long: 39.03889, -105.53722
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Katydid Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Katydid Mine
Secondary: Rogers Publishing Co. Mine
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Wilkerson 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1920
Discovery Year: 1920
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: Front Range, Puma Hills
Type: L
Description: N- And Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY TO 20 TIMES BACKGROUND
Materials
Ore: Feldspar
Ore: Mica
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR WILKERSON PASS, SW OF BADGER MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Production): MINE HAS BEEN WORKED SINCE ABOUT 1920 FOR MICA AND FELDSPAR (1956)
Comment (Workings): 6 BULLDOZED PITS, 800 FT OF DRILLING
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 369
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, MCGREW, L.W., WOBUS, R.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163, 1:250,000
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1977, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-B, 77 P., MAPS
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