Commodities
PrimaryQuartz, Feldspar
SecondaryThorium, REE
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsAllanite, Xenotime
GangueFluorite, Gadolinite, Monazite, Thorite
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)
AlterationMinor Replacement Of Fluorite By Xenotime
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1947
Last production1953
Identification
Deposit ID10101836
MRDS IDD010178
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.33944, -105.21836
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.COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATORS REPTS.MEEVES, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 27.