Santa Fe Mt., Sawmill Gulch

Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Beryllium, Garnet, Feldspar, Mica
Sections on this page
  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 10108356
MRDS ID DC04981
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Fe Mt., Sawmill Gulch
Related records 10117456

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.47365, 39.71888 (WGS84)
Relative position NE 1/4 AND NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saddleback Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 04S 72W 08 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Garnet Primary
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Biotite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Garnet Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.47365, 39.71888

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IRREGULAR TABULAR PEGMATITE, N 80 W VERTICAL, MINERALS: WHITE MICROCLINE, GRAY TO WHITE QTZ, BUFF-COLORED ALBITE, BIOTITE, SPESSARTITE GARNET, MAGNETITE, BLUE TO GREEN BERYL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM 1966, IC 8298 PG 24

  • Deposit

    G S A VOL. 65, NO 2, TABLE 1, 1954

  • Deposit

    3) USGS P.P. 227, 1950, P. 30

  • Deposit

    3A) USBM MIN. EXAM. FILE, DENVER

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 6,63

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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