Feldspar Mine

The Feldspar Mine is a barium-barite mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,196 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Feldspar Mine
Secondary: Feldspar Lode

Commodity

Primary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Feldspar

Location

State: Colorado
County: Custer

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: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Structure: Ilse Fault
Description: Wet Mountains

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Barite

Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 7 FT. VEIN, 1000 FT. OUTCROP, N13W 73E

References

Reference (Deposit): ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, P. 34

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11,69

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