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Crystal No. 8

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodity REE
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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. 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 10017179
MRDS ID DC03038
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal No. 8

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.02366, 38.83361 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buena Vista East(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)

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
6th Principal 14S 77W 17 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Euxenite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.02366, 38.83361
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LENTICULAR, 2 ZONES, N 85 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANLEY & OTHERS, 1950, USGS PP 227

  • Deposit

    MICROFILM DOCUMENTS 9970 & 12,693

  • 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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