Mattie B. Mine

The Mattie B. Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,901 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: Mattie B. Mine
Secondary: Claims: Mattie B., MS 20501
Secondary: Abe Lincoln, MS 20501
Secondary: Trail, MS 20501

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Colorado
County: El Paso
District: Cheyenne (St. Peters Dome) 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Kramer Mines, Inc.
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1945 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1945
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

Type: L
Description: Mt Rosa Intrusive Center, Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Commodity): BASE AND PRECIOUS METALS OCCURRENCE AND MINOR RECOVERY ASSUMED ON BASIS OF HISTORICAL INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT.

Comment (Location): IN GULCH WEST OF GOLD CAMP ROAD 0.25 MILE SSE OF ST. PETERS DOME. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Comment (Production): PART OF TOTAL PRODUCTION BY KRAMER MINES FROM TIMBERLINE, DUFFIELD, AND MATTIE B. IN 1944-45.

Comment (Deposit): COUNTRY ROCK OF PIKES PEAK GRANITE INTRUDED BY SMALL PLUGS OF FAYALITE GRANITE AND IS CUT BY NORTH-TRENDING TERTIARY(?) SYENITE LAMPROPHYRE DIKE. VEIN CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED FLUORITE CEMENTED BY GRANULAR QUARTZ, WITH HIGHEST GRADE CONCENTRATED ADJACENT TO GOUGE IN HANGING WALL. VEIN LOCALIZED IN BEND OF CROSS-CUTTING FAULT. HANGING WALL SOUTH OF BEND TRENDS N 10 E, 45 NW, AND NORTH OF BEND VEIN TRENDS N 50 E, 45 NW. AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 4 FT.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL OPEN CUTS

References

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 (Deposit): FINLAY, G.I., 1916, DESCRIPTION OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 203.

Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., 1949, GEOLOGY AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE ST. PETERS DOME DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 6, P. 259-284.

Reference (Deposit): PEARL, R.M., 1965, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: DENVER, SAGE BOOKS, P. 171-180.

Reference (Deposit): OVER, EDWIN, JR., 1929, SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES OF EL PASO COUNTY: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 4, NO. 4, P. 106-107.

Reference (Production): STEVEN, 1949

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