Commodities
PrimaryGemstone, REE, Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium
SecondaryNiobium (Columbium), Titanium, Metal, Tin, Thorium
TertiaryLead, Zinc, Copper, Iron
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlMiarolitic Cavities In Pegmatites
Materials
Ore mineralsAstrophyllite, Columbite, Cryolite, Fergusonite, Fluorite, Pyrochlore, Riebeckite, Topaz, Xenotime, Zircon
GangueAllanite, Apatite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Fayalite, Galena, Rutile, Sphalerite, Sphene, Thorite
Geology
Host rockGranite · Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
Associated rockSyenite,Pegmatite,Granite · Pike Peak Granite;Pegmatite And Syenite Dikes
StructureFront Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Mt Rosa Intrusive Center, Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationAlteration Of Fluorine Minerals; Alteration Of Siderite To Hematite And Limonite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10013851
MRDS IDD010379
Alternate namesCook Stove Mountain Mineral Locality
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.77612, -104.90139
References
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.FINLAY, G.I., 1916, DESCRIPTION OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 203.STEVEN, T.A., 1949, GEOLOGY AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE ST. PETERS DOME DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 6, P. 259-284.PEARL, R.M., 1965, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: DENVER, SAGE BOOKS, P. 171-180. & &OVER, EDWIN, JR., 1929, SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES OF EL PASO COUNTY: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 4, NO. 4, P. 106-107. & &GLASS, J.J., AND ADAMS, J.W., 1953, GENTHELVITE CRYSTAL FROM EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 38, NOS. 9 AND 10, P. 858-860.