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Emmet

Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
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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. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018060
MRDS ID DC04761
Record type Site
Current site name Emmet
Alternate or previous names Emmit
Related records 10287562

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.39999, 40.12638 (WGS84)
Relative position W 1/2 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Raymond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt 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 Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 02N 72W 24 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Laramide intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: URANIUM MIN.: URANINITE (?), TORBERNITE, METATORBERNITE. ASSOC. MIN.: PYRITE, GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, QTZ, CHALCEDONY. HIGH GRADE FLUORSPAR VEIN IN BARREN BRECCIA ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jamestown

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1942-1943
    Ore mined 16510.93mt
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 60

Comments on the production information

  • NO URANIUM PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVERING & GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PG. 274-277

  • Deposit

    GODDARD, COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 1, PG 40-42, PL. 10

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, PG 182

  • Deposit

    SIMS & SHERIDAN, 1964, USGS BULL. 1159.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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