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Parakeet

Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017015
MRDS ID DC02711
Record type Site
Current site name Parakeet

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -106.25434, 38.67442 (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

Saint Elmo(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

Pike and San Isabel 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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 51N 06E 13,24 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Phenacite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -106.25434, 38.67442
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO TYPES OF DEPOSITS: VEIN-FILLINGS AND ALPINE PEGMATITES. BERYL, PHENACITE, PURPLE FLUORITE, & MOLYBDENITE OCCUR IN DISSEM. & VEINLETS IN GREISENIZED GRANITE ACCOMPANIED BY IRON STAINING. THE BERYL-BEARING VEINS EXTEND S 70 W ALONG A HIGH RIDGE. ONE SET OF PITS STRIKE N 30 W, DIP 85 NE, ANOTHER SET STRIKES N 30 E, DIPS 35 SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • APPROX. 35 T. HAND CABLED ORE. PRESENT (8/1/58) APPROX. 2 T CABLED ORE PER WEEK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    FOR FURTHER INFO. SEE WM. N. SHARP, USGS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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