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Unnamed Fluorspar Deposit

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. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090937
MRDS ID D010237
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Fluorspar Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.11616, 38.50778 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 6.1 MILES S 72 W OF SALIDA POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salida West(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 049N 008E 08 SE OF SE OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN GULCH SW OF PONCHA SPRINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHLORITIZED GNEISS COATED WITH PURPLE FLUORITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Upper Rhyolitic Ash-Flow Tuff;Rhyodacite Flow And Tuff
    Rock description Upper Rhyolitic Ash-Flow Tuff;Rhyodacite Flow And Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Banded Gneiss
    Rock description Banded Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gravels and alluviums
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Sangre De Cristo Range, Southern Sawatch Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ene-E-Trending Fault; N-Trending Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults?, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Poncha Springs Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado 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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