Three Musketeers Feldspar Lode

The Three Musketeers Feldspar Lode is a feldspar mine located in Douglas county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,349 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Three Musketeers Feldspar Lode

Commodity

Primary: Feldspar
Tertiary: REE

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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: M And S, Inc.
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1943 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1938
Year Last Production: 1943
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 Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Rampart Range Uplift

Type: L
Description: Perry Park-Jarre Canyon Fault, Rampart Range Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Microcline
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Monazite

Comments

Comment (Location): ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF SUGAR CREEK 2.7 MILES NW OF DEVILS HEAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Development): FELDSPAR USED FOR MANUFACTURE OF GLASS, ENAMEL, AND POTTERY

Comment (Deposit): UNZONED PEGMATITE

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT, 45-FT-DEEP CUT IN BENCHES

References

Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1957, PEGMATITE PROVINCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUART., V. 52, NO. 4, P. 1-22.

Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 24-25.

Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, AND OTHERS, 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163.

Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.

Reference (Production): COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.

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