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Nation's Treasure

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018028
MRDS ID DC04720
Record type Site
Current site name Nation's Treasure

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.38402, 40.12207 (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)

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 71W;72W 19;24 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.38402, 40.12207
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jamestown

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VERY LITTLE FLUORSPAR OF COMMERCIAL GRADE IN WORKING, BUT NEARBY PITS AND SIMILARITY TO EMMETT VEIN SUGGEST COMMERCIAL DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GODDARD, COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 1, PG 43-44, PL. 1-2

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, PG 184

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

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.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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