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Duffields Deposit, Cheyenne Mining District (St. Peters Dome Mining District), El Paso County, Colorado, USAi
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Cheyenne Mining District (St. Peters Dome Mining District)Mining District
El Paso CountyCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 44' 18'' North , 104° 54' 30'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Fort Carson13,813 (2011)10.4km
Stratmoor6,900 (2011)11.9km
Colorado Springs456,568 (2017)13.0km
Manitou Springs5,334 (2017)13.5km
Security-Widefield32,882 (2011)16.9km
Nearest Clubs:
Local clubs are the best way to get access to collecting localities
ClubLocationDistance
Colorado Springs Mineral SocietyColorado Springs, Colorado13km
Canon City Geology ClubCanon City, Colorado44km
Lake George Gem & Mineral clubLake George, Colorado47km
Mindat Locality ID:
112800
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:112800:3
GUID (UUID V4):
92fef87e-010e-496c-8172-349bd7322569
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Hughes Boss; MS 14464; Hughes Boss Shaft; Leyte Open Pit; Leyte; MS 20742


REF:Deposit:: 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.

Commodities (Major) - Fluorine-Fluorite; (Minor) - Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Deposit Type: Vein
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Pikes Peak Granite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Mt Rosa Intrusive Center, Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben
Host Rock: Granite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

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5 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
β“˜Galena2.CD.10PbS
Group 3 - Halides
β“˜Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
β“˜Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oβ“˜ BaryteBaSO4
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
FFluorine
Fβ“˜ FluoriteCaF2
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sβ“˜ BaryteBaSO4
Sβ“˜ GalenaPbS
Sβ“˜ SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Caβ“˜ FluoriteCaF2
ZnZinc
Znβ“˜ SphaleriteZnS
BaBarium
Baβ“˜ BaryteBaSO4
PbLead
Pbβ“˜ GalenaPbS

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