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Snyder, Saddleback Mtn.

Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar, Quartz, Garnet, REE, Iron
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018359
MRDS ID DC05283
Record type Site
Current site name Snyder, Saddleback Mtn.
Related records 10239796

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.43615, 39.71888 (WGS84)
Relative position NW 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saddleback Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 04S 72W 10 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary
Quartz Primary
Garnet Primary
REE Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Gahnite Ore
Garnet Ore
Hematite Ore
Mica Ore
Quartz Ore
Xenotime Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.43615, 39.71888
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ATT. OF PEGMATITE DIKES N 50E VERTICAL. DIKES APPEAR CONCORDANT WITH GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM 1966, IC 8298, PG. 24

  • Deposit

    GSA VOL. 65, 1954, TABLE 1.

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE, DENVER

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 6,63

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

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