Spielman Quarry

The Spielman Quarry is a feldspar mine located in Douglas county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,921 feet.

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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: Spielman Quarry  

State:  Colorado

County:  Douglas

Elevation: 8,921 Feet (2,719 Meters)

Commodity: Feldspar

Lat, Long: 39.15972, -105.04028

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Spielman Quarry MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Spielman Quarry


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: Wallace Brough
Home Office: Woodland Park, Co.
Years: 1947 -

Owner Name: M And S, Inc.
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1947 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1947
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: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Microcline
Gangue: Allanite
Gangue: Biotite


Comments

Comment (Location): SOUTH OF FERN CREEK 5.5 MILES SE OF DAKAN MTN AND 7.7 MILES SE OF DEVILS HEAD. AT OR NEAR LOST DUTCHMAN SITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Comment (Production): PROBABLE PARTIAL PRODUCTION RECORD

Comment (Deposit): UNZONED PEGMATITE

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS UP TO 12 FT HIGH


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 (Production): COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPT.

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 L-1163.

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


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