Luster No. 1 Mine

The Luster No. 1 Mine is a feldspar and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,680 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Luster No. 1 Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Jefferson

Elevation: 7,680 Feet (2,341 Meters)

Commodity: Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite

Lat, Long: 39.39806, -105.22056

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Luster No. 1 Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Luster No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Lester Mine
Secondary: Yttrium No. 1


Commodity

Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Tantalum


Location

State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: South Platte Pegmatite District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Unknown


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Form: OVAL


Structure

Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith

Type: L
Description: Kennedy Gulch Fault Zone


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Topaz


Comments

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT, ANNULAR EXCAVATION IN INTERMEDIATE ZONE EAVING ISOLATED QUARTZ CORE

Comment (Deposit): OVAL PEGMATITE CONSISTS OF WALL ZONE OF QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-BIOTITE, OUTER INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF GIANT BIOTITE, INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF MICROCLINE (MINE ZONE), DISCONTINUOUS CORE-MARGIN ZONE OF GREEN FLUORITE, AND QUARTZ CORE. ABUNDANT CYRTOLITE IN OUTER INTERMEDIATE ZONE.

Comment (Location): ABOVE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF SPRING CREEK 0.45 MILE NW OF RALEIGH PEAK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)


References

Reference (Deposit): SIMMONS, W.B., AND HEINRICH, E.W., 1980, RARE-EARTH PEGMATITES OF THE SOUTH PLATTE DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SER. 11, 131 P.

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, W.L., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE PLATTE CANYON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1181-C, 23 P., 1 PL.


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