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Poncha Spgs, Aksarben, Divide

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017006
MRDS ID DC02695
Record type Site
Current site name Poncha Spgs, Aksarben, Divide

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -106.05241, 38.49933 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poncha Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 49N 08E 14,15 S2 (15); SW4 OF SW4 (14) Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -106.05241, 38.49933
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THIN COATINGS OF FLUORITE ON SCHIST. FRACTURE ZONE IN GNEISS 10 FT. WIDE WITH 4 IN TO 2 FT. OF FLUORSPAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • DEVELOPMENT WORK IN 1948

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2

  • Deposit

    DEL RIO, 1961, COLO. MIN. RES. BOARD.

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT, 1947, COLO. MIN. RES. BOARD.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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