Commodities
PrimaryFeldspar, Quartz
SecondaryGemstone
TertiaryBeryllium, REE, Tin, Niobium (Columbium), Thorium
Commodity typeB
Materials
Ore mineralsMicrocline, Quartz
GangueAllanite, Biotite, Cassiterite, Cleavelandite, Euxenite, Fluorite, Garnet, Monazite, Parisite, Pyrochlore, Xenotime
Geology
Host rockGranite · Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
Associated rockPegmatite,Granite · Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Rampart Range Uplift, Perry Park-Jarre Canyon Fault, Rampart Range Fault, Manitou Half Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1930
Last production1970
Identification
Deposit ID10107991
MRDS IDD010362
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.26056, -105.10113
References
MEEVES, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 24-25.BRYANT, BRUCE, AND OTHERS, 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAPHEINRICH, E.W., 1957, PEGMATITE PROVINCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUART, V. 52, NO. 4, P. 1-22.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. &&HANLEY, J.B., AND OTHERS, 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-44: USGS PROF. PAPER 227, P. 31-32.