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Unidentified Monazite Occurrence

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, REE
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018145
MRDS ID DC04954
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Monazite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.04782, 38.86556 (WGS84)
Elevation 2877
Relative position 4.8 MILES N70W OF BUENA VISTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buena Vista East(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
6th Principal 14S 77W 06 NE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF TROUT CREEK AND HWY 24-285 NEAR HEAD OF MCGEE GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Euxenite Ore
Monazite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.04782, 38.86556
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Mosquito Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite, Fractures .

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trout Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS, SHAFT IN AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKER, R.L. 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE UNIT ED STATES: USGS MAP MR-36

  • Deposit

    TWETO, OGDEN, STEVEN, T.A., HAIL, W.J., JR., MOENCH, R.H., 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761, 1:250000

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1983 Collins, Donna B. 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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