Parker Mine

Occurrence in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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 10091021
MRDS ID DC00297
Record type Site
Current site name Parker Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.41017, 39.09134 (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)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tarryall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 11S 72W 14,15 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.41017, 39.09134

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 15 IN. VEIN STRIKE N.65E, DIP 53NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tarryall

Comments on the production information

  • LAST WORKED IN 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949, CSM QUART., VOL. 44, NO. 2

  • Deposit

    DOC. 2499, COMM. MICROFILM FILES, MIN. DEP. BR., DENVER LIBRARY

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-72 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.