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Benton Prospect

Occurrence in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, Thorium
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009124
MRDS ID D001804
Record type Site
Current site name Benton Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.75058, 38.33334 (WGS84)
Relative position Lat/Long location given by Parker, 1963, p. 4, #22. No other location info.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coaldale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Comments on the location information

  • Lat/Long location given by Parker, 1963, p. 4, #22. No other location info.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Euxenite Ore
Gadolinite Ore
Monazite Ore
Xenotime Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.75058, 38.33334
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Parker, 1963, USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS MAP MR - 36, p. 4, #22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Parker, Raymond L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 21-JUL-2008 Wilson, Anna 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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