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Orion, Saddle No. 6

Occurrence in Boulder 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017465
MRDS ID DC03580
Record type Site
Current site name Orion, Saddle No. 6

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.40054, 40.12287 (WGS84)
Relative position NE 1/4, ON SW SIDE OF LITTLE JAMES CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt 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 Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 02N 72W 24 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.40054, 40.12287
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN NARROW SHORT VEINS WITHOUT ANY DEFINITE PATTERN IN ALTERED AND SHEARED GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMEA RECORDS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A COMMERCIAL DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED

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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