Colorado Mineral Society

The Colorado Mineral Society is a mine located in Douglas county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,701 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Colorado Mineral Society

Commodity

Tertiary: Magnesite
Tertiary: Talc-Soapstone

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Colorado Mineral Society
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nebraska
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1883
Discovery Year: 1883
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Microcline
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Orthoclase
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Alabandite
Unknown: Topaz
Unknown: Biotite
Unknown: Cassiterite

Comments

Comment (Geology): CASSITERITE PRESENT IN PEGMATITES AS A MINOR OCCURRENCE PEGMATITE DEPOSITS MINED FOR THEIR GEM QUALITY-TOPAZ AND AMAZONITE.

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 1114, PP 91-92.

Reference (Deposit): HANLEY, J. B., ET. AL., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN CO

Reference (Deposit): 1942-1944: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 227, PP 31.

Reference (Deposit): LANDES, K. K., 1935, COLORADO PEGMATITES: AM. MINERALOGIST,

Reference (Deposit): R. 5, PP. 319-333.

Reference (Deposit): PEACOCK, M. A., 1935, TOPAZ FROM DEVILS HEAD, COLORADO: AM.

Reference (Deposit): MINERALOGIST, V. 20, R.5, PP. 354-363.

Reference (Deposit): PEARL, R. M., 1958, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: S

Reference (Deposit): BOOKS, PP. 152-156.

Reference (Deposit): CROSS, C. W., AND HILLEBRAND, W.F., 1885, MINERALOGY OF THE

Reference (Deposit): MTNS: U.S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 20, PP. 73-74.

Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, EDWIN B., 1961, MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECO

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