Commodities
PrimaryREE, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR, OVAL
Materials
Ore mineralsFergusonite
GangueQuartz
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)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10013725
MRDS IDD010177
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.41777, -105.31225
References
SIMMONS, W.B., AND HEINRICH, E.W., 1980, RARE-EARTH PEGMATITES OF THE SOUTH PLATTE DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SER. 11, 131 P.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.BRYANT, BRUCE, 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINE QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-598