Commodities
PrimaryFeldspar, Quartz
SecondaryREE
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formOVAL
Materials
Ore mineralsAllanite, Gadolinite, Quartz
GangueCleavelandite, Fluorite
Geology
Host rockPegmatite · Pegmatite;Pikes Peak Granite
Associated rockPegmatite,Granite · Pegmatite;Pikes Peak Granite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Kennedy Gulch Fault Zone
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationProbable Replacement Of Fluorite By Allanite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10013718
MRDS IDD010164
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.37417, -105.2003
References
SIMMONS, W.B., AND HEINRICH, E.W., 1980, RARE-EARTH PEGMATITES OF THE SOUTH PLATTE DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SER. 11, 131 P.PETERSON, W.L., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE PLATTE CANYON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1181-C, 23 P., 1 PL.