The St Peters Dome Pegmatite Prospect is a mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.7506, -104.90110
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St Peters Dome Pegmatite Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: St Peters Dome Pegmatite Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Semiprecious Gemstone
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Colorado
County: El Paso
District: St. Peters Dome
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
Type: Unknown
Type: Unknown
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
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: Cassiterite
Unknown: Zircon
Unknown: Sphene
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Riebeckite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrochlore
Unknown: Orthoclase
Unknown: Microcline
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Kaolin
Unknown: Biotite
Unknown: Apatite
Unknown: Albite
Unknown: Alabandite
Unknown: Hornblende
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Columbite
Unknown: Oligoclase
Comments
Comment (Geology): CASSITERITE FOUND AS MINOR OCCURRENCE IN PEGMATITES ON EAST OF ST. PETERS DOME AND STOVE MTNS. PEGMATITES MINED FOR MINERAL SPECIMENS OF ZIRCON, FLUORITE, RARE MINERAS - GENTHELVITE AND KASOLITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): PP. 138-147.
Reference (Deposit): PEARL, R. M., 1941, RARE MINERALS- ST. PETERS DOME: MINERALO
Reference (Deposit): V. 9, R. 6, PP. 209-210.
Reference (Deposit): OVER, EDWIN; 1929, MINERAL LOCALITIES OF COLORADO: ROCKS AND
Reference (Deposit): MINERALS, V. 4, PP. 106-107.
Reference (Deposit): PEARL, R. M., 1958, COLORADO GEM AND MINERAL TRAILS: SAGE BO
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