Unnamed Pegmatite Mine

The Unnamed Pegmatite Mine is a quartz, stone, and feldspar mine located in Saguache 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: Unnamed Pegmatite Mine

Commodity

Primary: Quartz
Primary: Stone
Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: Thorium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Pegmatites

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift

Type: L
Description: Sangre De Cristo Fault, Unnamed Faults, Gibson Peak Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Xenotime
Ore: Euxenite
Ore: Monazite

Comments

Comment (Location): ALONG UNNAMED GULCHES SOUTH OF MARSHALL GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1980 EDITION

References

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-628.

Reference (Deposit): BROWN BROWN, L.J., AND MALAN, R.C., 1954, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIU M IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF COLORADO: AEC

Reference (Deposit): PARKER, R.L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-36, P. 4.

Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND ADAMS, J.W., 1962, THORIUM AND RARE EARTH IN THE U NITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-28, P. 4-5.

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