Meyers Ranch Mine

Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Mica, Beryllium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009140
MRDS ID D001827
Record type Site
Current site name Meyers Ranch Mine
Related records 10240545

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.60058, 38.8 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thirtynine Mile Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015S 073W 31 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Muscovite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.60058, 38.8

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 2 ESTIMATED FROM 38 TO 150 TONS BERYL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Parker, Raymond L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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