Stove Mountain Mineral Locality

The Stove Mountain Mineral Locality is a gemstone, ree, fluorine-fluorite, and beryllium mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,920 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: Stove Mountain Mineral Locality
Secondary: Cook Stove Mountain Mineral Locality

Commodity

Primary: Gemstone
Primary: REE
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Niobium (Columbium)
Secondary: Titanium, Metal
Secondary: Tin
Secondary: Thorium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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

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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration Of Fluorine Minerals; Alteration Of Siderite To Hematite And Limonite

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Astrophyllite
Ore: Topaz
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Cryolite
Ore: Columbite
Ore: Pyrochlore
Ore: Fergusonite
Ore: Xenotime
Ore: Riebeckite
Ore: Zircon
Gangue: Sphene
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Allanite
Gangue: Fayalite
Gangue: Thorite
Gangue: Cassiterite
Gangue: Rutile
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Apatite

Comments

Comment (Location): AT AND AROUND FAIRVIEW ON GOLD CAMP ROAD. GENERALLY ON EAST AND NORTHEAST SLOPES OF STOVE MTN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR FAIRVIEW SITE IN E2 SW NW SEC. 04. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Comment (Commodity): GEM AND MINERAL SPECIMENS INCLUDE SOME OF OTHER METALS LISTED ABOVE.

Comment (Development): INTERMITTENT MINERAL SPECIMEN COLLECTING FOR MANY YEARS. AREA ESPECIALLY NOTED FOR CRYOLITE AND RARE FLUORINE ALTERATION MINERALS, GEM ZIRCON, SMOKY QUARTZ, BASTNAESITE, RIEBECKITE, ASTROPHYLLITE, GENTHELVITE (ONLY KNOWN WORLD OCCURRENCE), PROBABLE FIRST COLORADO DISCOVERIES OF FERGUSONITE AND COLUMBITE.

Comment (Deposit): COUNTRY ROCK OF PIKES PEAK GRANITE INTRUDED BY SMALL STOCKS AND PLUGS OF FAYALITE GRANITE AND MT ROSA GRANITE AND CUT BY SYENITE DIKES AND GENERALLY NNE-TO NE-TRENDING PEGMATITES. MINERAL SPECIMENS FOUND AS 1) GEMS AND ACCESSORIES IN MIAROLITIC CAVITIES IN PEGMATITES; 2) FLUORITE/CRYOLITE, BASE METAL SULFIDES, AND GANGUE IN FLUORSPAR VEINS; 3) ESSENTIAL AND ACCESSORY MINERALS IN FLUORINE-ENRICHED GRANITE.

Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS SMALL SURFACE CUTS AND OUTCROP EXPOSURES; FLOAT

References

Reference (Deposit): GLASS, J.J., AND ADAMS, J.W., 1953, GENTHELVITE CRYSTAL FROM EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 38, NOS. 9 AND 10, P. 858-860.

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. & &

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