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Rusty Gold and Cerite

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018177
MRDS ID DC05011
Record type Site
Current site name Rusty Gold and Cerite
Related records 10141434

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.36656, 40.13638 (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)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lyons(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 71W 17,18,19,20 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.36656, 40.13638
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEGMATITE 2-5 FT. THICK. N 30 W-75 NE. PEG. IN ZONES: A CORE OF CERITE AND SOME EPIDOTE, MONAZITE, FLUORITE, PYRITE: INTERMEDIATE ZONE OF ALLANITE WITH FINE-GR. URANINITE AND PYRITE: AN APLITIC WALL ZONE CONTAINING A LITTLE MONAZITE PYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jamestown

Comments on the production information

  • 2 TRENCHES. SMALL, UNKNOWN PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GODDARD AND GLASS, 1940, AM. MINERALOGIST, VOL. 25, PG 381.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1966, IC-8298, PG. 23

  • Deposit

    3) ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, P. 160

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. EXAM. FILES

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIFTH US OCCURANCE. FIRST ORE GRADE IN US

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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