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Big Sheep Horn

Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Beryllium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108035
MRDS ID DC00304
Record type Site
Current site name Big Sheep Horn
Related records 10265097

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.57892, 39.07861 (WGS84)
Relative position W 1/2,JUST E. OF NS BOUNDARY LINE OF PIKE NATL. FOREST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glentivar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 11S 73W 20 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Columbite Ore
Tantalite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gravels and alluviums
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEG. TRENDS NS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1: BERYL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    USBM 1966, I.C. 8298, P.31

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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