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California Mine

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Beryllium, Molybdenum, Tungsten
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008342
MRDS ID D000406
Record type Site
Current site name California Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.26727, 38.65 (WGS84)
Elevation 3810
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CREST OF MT. ANTERO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Elmo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 051N 006E 27 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Molybdite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.26727, 38.65
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. Furman

Comments on the workings information

  • STOCK IS MT. POMERAY STOCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, J., 1953, BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE MT. ANTERO REGION, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLO.: USGS BULL. 982-D

  • Deposit

    DINGS & ROBINSON, 1957, GEOL. & ORE DEPOSITS-GARFIELD QUAD, COLO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 King, Robert U. 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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