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Unidentified Rare Earth Occurence

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, REE, 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. 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 10094767
MRDS ID DC04941
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Rare Earth Occurence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.9873, 38.90527 (WGS84)
Elevation 2859
Relative position 1.6 MILES S42W OF ANTERO JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gothic(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East-Taylor(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison 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 13S 77W 22 S2 OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.5 MILE SW ALONG ROAD FROM TROUT CREEK PASS, NEAR LARGE SOUTHWARD BEND IN ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MONTROSE 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
REE Critical Secondary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Euxenite Ore
Microcline Ore
Monazite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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) -106.9873, 38.90527
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mosquito Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nnw-Trending Trout Creek Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trout Creek Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKER, RAYMOND L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE UNITED STATES, USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATION RESOURCE MAP MR-36

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-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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