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Brown Derby

Occurrence in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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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 10091083
MRDS ID DC01101
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Derby
Related records 10239376

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.63005, 38.53667 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parlin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 49N 03E 03 NW4 OF NE4 OF N2 OF SE4 OF NE4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pegmatite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.63005, 38.53667
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ZONED, ASSOC: LEPIDOLITE, BERYL, MICROLITE, LITHIA TOURMALINE, COLUMBITE, TANTALITE, MONAZITE, BETAFITE, HELVITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1966, IC 8298, PG. 26

  • Deposit

    USGS MR-36, 1963

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1972 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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