Commodities
PrimaryQuartz, Feldspar
SecondaryREE
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown, Surface
Orebody formCIRCULAR, OVAL
Materials
Ore mineralsAllanite, Gadolinite, Quartz, Microcline
GangueFluorite
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 ID10087819
MRDS IDD010168
Alternate namesMadonna No. 2 Mine, Deep Hole Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.37715, -105.19462
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.