Hankins & Follett Prospects

Occurrence in Jackson county in Colorado, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016639
MRDS ID DC01735
Record type Site
Current site name Hankins & Follett Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.246, 40.92175 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 2 prospect pits shown on Cox and others, 1948, pl. 2.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 11N 79W 15 S2 OF SE4 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE WERE APPROXIMATED USING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT'S GGWL (GEOGRAPHIC WELL LOCATOR) PROGRAM FOR THE FOOTAGE CALL: T11N R79W SECTION 15, 2640 FT N, 2640 FT E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.246, 40.92175

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northgate

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cox, D.C., Benson, W.E.B., Steven, T.A., and Van Alstine, R.E., 1948, Flurospar deposits of the Northgate District, Jackson County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Strategic Minerals Investigations Report 3-220, 14 p. [(200)St8pr no.3-220]

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Location given on pl. 2 of Cox and others, 1948. Only a vague mention of this prospect on p. 12.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-72 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 17-JUN-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10142670
Reporter 17-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080570073 = newMRDS 10142670, merged and deleted.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.