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U.S. Fluorspar Co.

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10017161
MRDS ID DC03006
Record type Site
Current site name U.S. Fluorspar Co.
Related records 10264159

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -106.08823, 38.6588 (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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 51N 08E 21,22,27,28 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -106.08823, 38.6588
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Persistent Fault Structures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SOURCE: MESOTHERMAL SPRINGS. 3 TYPES FLUORSPAR OCCURANCES ARE COMMON: 1) LENSES OF BOTRYOIDAL & MASSIVE FLUORSPAR WITH LARGE VUGS, 2) WAVY RIBBON-LIKE LAYERED STRUCTURES OF FLUORSPAR ALONG OPEN FISSURES, 3) SMALL VEINLETS. TWO MAIN STRUCTURES: CHIMNEY HILL VEIN (N50W) AND BANCROFT #1 VEIN (N70E-NEARLY VERTICAL).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • FLUORSPAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE

  • 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

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

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