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Powderhorn Deposit

Occurrence in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Thorium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085032
MRDS ID W700469
Record type Site
Current site name Powderhorn Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.05062, 38.25 (WGS84)
Relative position 30 KM S OF GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rudolph Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Perovskite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.05062, 38.25
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alkalic Intrusion

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYROXENITE WITH PERVASIVE DIKELETS (SEVERAL FEET LONG) OF PEROVSKITE (CATIO3) INTIMATELY MIXED WITH MAGNETITE AND LESSER APATITE. THESE MINERALS ARE ALSO DISSEMINATED IN THE PYROXENITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name Powderhorn District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Buttes Oil And Gas Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LINE 1: MARGINALLY ECONOMIC; LINE 2: SUBECONOMIC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ISMI RECORD, 1985, POWDERHORN DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1989 Paidakovich, Matthew E. 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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