Commodities
PrimaryQuartz
SecondaryFluorine-Fluorite, REE
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formELLIPSOIDAL
Materials
Ore mineralsGadolinite, Quartz
GangueAllanite, Doverite, Pyrolusite
Geology
Host rockPegmatite · Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
Associated rockPegmatite,Granite · Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Pine Gulch Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationMinor Replacement Of Fluorite By Gadolinite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1965
Identification
Deposit ID10013724
MRDS IDD010175
Alternate namesDaisy Bell Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.38056, -105.20169
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.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.COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATORS REPTS.