| Deposit ID | 10013779 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010257 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Stone Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Blue Stone & Tiger Lily |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.0756, 38.64861 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2353 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | 6.7 MILES S 01 E OF NATHROP |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chaffee(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nathrop(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Montrose(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)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)
Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Chaffee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 051N | 008E | 27 | SE OF NW OF NW | Colorado |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Goethite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Manganite | Gangue |
| Montmorillonite | Gangue |
| Opal | Gangue |
| Psilomelane | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Pyrolusite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 25-40% CAF2 |
|---|
| Model code | 174 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 26b |
| Deposit model name | Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins) |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Gneissic Quartz Monzonite;Ash-Flow Tuff |
| Rock description | Gneissic Quartz Monzonite;Ash-Flow Tuff |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Banded Gneiss |
| Rock description | Banded Gneiss |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -106.0756, 38.64861 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southern Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Folds, Faults; N-Trending Fault Bounding Arkansas Valley |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1923 |
| Year of first production | 1927 |
| Year of last production | 1949 |
| District name | Browns Canyon District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Commercial Minerals, Inc. |
| First year | 1969 |
| Year | 1949 |
|---|---|
| Period | 1943-1944 |
| Material | FLUORSPAR ORE |
| Ore mined | 590.52mt |
| Accuracy | Estimate |
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Metallurgical-And Ceramic-Grade |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010257 |
BRADY, B.T., 1975, MAP SHOWING FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN COLORADO: USGS MAP MR-70, 1:500,000, TEXT
VAN ALSTINE, R.E. (1969)
COLO BOM AN RPT 1941
Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 17-NOV-1983 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Updater | 10-MAR-2006 | Beach, Richard A. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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