The Colorado Mineral Society is a mine located in Douglas county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,701 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: 8,701 Feet (2,652 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.2569, -105.10940
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Colorado Mineral Society MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Colorado Mineral Society
Commodity
Tertiary: Magnesite
Tertiary: Talc-Soapstone
Location
State: Colorado
County: Douglas
District: Devils Head 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
Owner Name: Colorado Mineral Society
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nebraska
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1883
Discovery Year: 1883
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Microcline
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Orthoclase
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Alabandite
Unknown: Topaz
Unknown: Biotite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Geology): CASSITERITE PRESENT IN PEGMATITES AS A MINOR OCCURRENCE PEGMATITE DEPOSITS MINED FOR THEIR GEM QUALITY-TOPAZ AND AMAZONITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 1114, PP 91-92.
Reference (Deposit): HANLEY, J. B., ET. AL., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN CO
Reference (Deposit): 1942-1944: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 227, PP 31.
Reference (Deposit): LANDES, K. K., 1935, COLORADO PEGMATITES: AM. MINERALOGIST,
Reference (Deposit): R. 5, PP. 319-333.
Reference (Deposit): PEACOCK, M. A., 1935, TOPAZ FROM DEVILS HEAD, COLORADO: AM.
Reference (Deposit): MINERALOGIST, V. 20, R.5, PP. 354-363.
Reference (Deposit): PEARL, R. M., 1958, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: S
Reference (Deposit): BOOKS, PP. 152-156.
Reference (Deposit): CROSS, C. W., AND HILLEBRAND, W.F., 1885, MINERALOGY OF THE
Reference (Deposit): MTNS: U.S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 20, PP. 73-74.
Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, EDWIN B., 1961, MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECO
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