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Clear Creek

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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018131
MRDS ID DC04930
Record type Site
Current site name Clear Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.43172, 38.97777 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winfield(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 12S 81W 27 NW4 OF NW4 OF NE4 OF NE4 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) -106.43172, 38.97777
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN STRIKING N 25 W, DIP 65 SW. SHEETS OF CAF2 2-10 IN. WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Plata (Winfield

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLM CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

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

  • 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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