Mine detail: Mcguire Mine

Previously called 'Lone Lode'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.33193, -105.41308

Resource(B)

Primary:	Feldspar
Secondary:	Gemstone
Tertiary:	Titanium, Metal, REE
Gangue:	Ilmenite, Monazite, Xenotime
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Pegmatite;Pikes Peak Granite
Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated rock:	Pegmatite;Pikes Peak Granite
Associated type:	Pegmatite,Granite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Shawnee Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010169
DEP	10101835
Reference	{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:: 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:: BRYANT, BRUCE, AND OTHERS, 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.