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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