Dazie Bell Mine

The Dazie Bell Mine is a quartz mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,178 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

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Site Name

Primary: Dazie Bell Mine
Secondary: Daisy Bell Mine

Commodity

Primary: Quartz
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: REE
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: South Platte 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: Herb Crisler
Home Office: Colorado Springs, Co.
Years: 1965 -

Owner Name: Crisler And Corder
Home Office: Colorado Springs, Co.
Years: 1965 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1965
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: ELLIPSOIDAL

Structure

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

Type: L
Description: Pine Gulch Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Replacement Of Fluorite By Gadolinite

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: Quartz
Ore: Gadolinite
Gangue: Allanite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Doverite

Comments

Comment (Location): SOUTH OF SPRING CREEK AND WEST OF MADONNA PEGMATITES 2.1 MILES DUE NORTH OF LONG SCRAGGY PEAK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Deposit): STEEPLY DIPPING ELLIPSOIDAL PEGMATITES CONSIST OF SIMPLE QUARTZ CORES OR COMPOSITE FORMS CONSISTING OF QUARTZ OR QUARTZ-MICROCLINE CORES AND WALL ZONES OF QUARTZ-MICROCLINE-BIOTITE; MINOR ALLANITE AND CRYSTALLINE PYROLUSITE. LARGE PRIMARY VUGS HAVE WELL-DEVELOPED SMOKY QUARTZ WITH MICROCLINE AND FLUORITE CRYSTALS.

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS IN SIX PEGMATITES

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.

Reference (Deposit): HAYNES, C.V., JR., 1965, GENESIS OF THE WHITE CLOUD AND RELATED PEGMATITES, SOUTH PLATTE AREA, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: GSA BULL., V. 76, NO. 4, P. 441-462.

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATORS REPTS.

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