Mine detail: Johnny Feldspar Mine

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Location: El Paso County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.66918, -104.88112
dep_id: 10013849
mrds_id: D010375
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar
Trace mineral: Mica, Quartz
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz
gangue: Apatite, Biotite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_unit: Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Pegmatite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Mt Rosa Intrusive Center, Ute Pass Fault
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: HANLEY, J.B., AND OTHERS, 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-44: USGS PROF. PAPER 227, P. 32-34.
  • 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.
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