Consolidated Feldspar Corporation Mine

The Consolidated Feldspar Corporation Mine is a feldspar and mica mine located in Fremont county, Colorado.

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

Name: Consolidated Feldspar Corporation Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Fremont

Elevation:

Commodity: Feldspar, Mica

Lat, Long: 38.48944, -105.33889

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Consolidated Feldspar Corporation Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Consolidated Feldspar Corporation Mine


Commodity

Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Mica
Secondary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Tantalum


Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Eightmile Park 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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Pegmatites


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Southern Front Range

Type: L
Description: Folding, Faulting


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

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Microcline
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Tourmaline


Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR CENTER OF EIGHTMILE PARK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976) (1976)

Comment (Production): ITEM 3: BERYL

Comment (Deposit): THE PEGMATITE IS ZONED

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ZONED PEG

Comment (Deposit): THE GEOLOGY GIVEN HERE DOES NOT MATCH THAT ON THE GEOLOGIC MAP. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE LOCATION GIVEN FOR THIS MINE IS IN ERROR. IF SO, THE MINE IS PROBABLY IN OR NEAR SECTION 14 WITH THE NUMEROUS OTHER PEGMATITES OF SIMILAR MINERALOGY.


References

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64 F5) HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W., PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, P. 34-42. F5) HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W., PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, P. 34-42.

Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1:62,500.

Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H.C., HARRER, C.M., SALSBURY, M.H., KONSELMAN, A.S. AND SHANNON, S.S., JR., 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES; ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, SOUTH DAKOTA, UTAH AND WYOMING: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8298, 34 P.


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