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Poncha Mine

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017014
MRDS ID DC02710
Record type Site
Current site name Poncha Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.07088, 38.5025 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTH SLOPE OF PONCHA PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salida West(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 49N 08E 15 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.07088, 38.5025
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN ZONE IN GNEISS STRIKES N45W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. OF MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2.

  • Deposit

    DOCUMENT 2562, MICROFILM FILES OF MINERAL DEPOSITS BRANCH

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files 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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