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Big Buck and White Cloud Mica Claims

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodity Mica
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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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017112
MRDS ID DC02904
Record type Site
Current site name Big Buck and White Cloud Mica Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -106.08883, 38.44272 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poncha Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(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 48N 08E 04,09 W2 (04); W2 (09) Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -106.08883, 38.44272
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ZONE OF MUSCOVITE UP TO 1000 FT. WIDE WITH WHITE QTZ. AND FELDSPAR FORMING A SCHIST DISTINCT FROM COUNTRY ROCK. ZONE NORMALLY STRIKES N-S, DIPS 36-62E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERAL EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    COUNTY HWY. MAP

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 SMALL OPEN CUTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 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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