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Poncha Pass, Fluorspar Deposit, Valley View, Divide Claims Nos. 1-13

Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10017116
MRDS ID DC02911
Record type Site
Current site name Poncha Pass, Fluorspar Deposit, Valley View, Divide Claims Nos. 1-13

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -106.07076, 38.4424 (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

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 48N 08E 03,04,09,10 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -106.07076, 38.4424
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FLUORSPAR OCCURS ALONG A FRACTURED ZONE OF PRECAMB. QUARTZITE, RESULTING IN RADIATING COATINGS AND FRACTURE FILLINGS. ATTITUDE OF DEPOSIT; N-S, 67+E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM FILE

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DOCUMENT 2562, MICROFILM FILES, MINERAL DEP. BRANCH

  • 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
Updater 01-JAN-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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