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Brown Derby #4,5, White Spar #1,2

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Mica, Beryllium, Gemstone, Garnet, Tantalum
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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 10016384
MRDS ID DC01130
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Derby #4,5, White Spar #1,2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.63005, 38.55111 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parlin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(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 Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 50N 03E 34 SE4 OF SE4 OF SE4 OF SW4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Gemstone Primary
Garnet Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore
Beryl Ore
Garnet Ore
Lepidolite Ore
Microlite Ore
Topaz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.63005, 38.55111
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ZONED PEGS. ALSO: LITHIA-TOURMALINE, COLUMBITE, TANTALITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • B.D. #5

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM 1966, IC 8298, P. 26,27

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, 1955, USGS P.P. 2658 P. 54

  • Deposit

    LARRABEE, 1947, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND NONMETALLIC RES. OF COLO., MAP

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

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

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