Mine detail: Dazie Bell Mine

Previously called 'Daisy Bell Mine'

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Location: Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.38056, -105.20169
dep_id: 10013724
mrds_id: D010175
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Quartz
Minor mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, REE
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gadolinite, Quartz
gangue: Allanite, Doverite, Pyrolusite
orebody_fm: ELLIPSOIDAL
alteration: Minor Replacement Of Fluorite By Gadolinite
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D., Spanski, Gregory T.
hrock_unit: Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_unit: Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite,Granite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Pine Gulch Fault
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
yr_lst_prd: 1965
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMMONS, W.B., AND HEINRICH, E.W., 1980, RARE-EARTH PEGMATITES OF THE SOUTH PLATTE DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SER. 11, 131 P.
  • Deposit:: PETERSON, W.L., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE PLATTE CANYON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1181-C, 23 P., 1 PL.
  • Deposit:: HAYNES, C.V., JR., 1965, GENESIS OF THE WHITE CLOUD AND RELATED PEGMATITES, SOUTH PLATTE AREA, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: GSA BULL., V. 76, NO. 4, P. 441-462.
  • Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATORS REPTS.
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