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White Spar #1, #2

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Mica, Beryllium
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  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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016387
MRDS ID DC01133
Record type Site
Current site name White Spar #1, #2
Related records 10166824

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.63005, 38.55111 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parlin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 50N 03E 34 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Lepidolite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.63005, 38.55111
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEG 200 FT LONG, 85 FT. WIDE (#1); 260 FT. LONG, 50 FT. WIDE (#2)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartz Creek

Comments on the production information

  • #2 FOR LEPIDOLITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, 1955, USGS P.P. 265, P. 57

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8298, 1966

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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