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Brown Derby Dike No. 1

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107747
MRDS ID D001808
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Derby Dike No. 1

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 049N 003E 03 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Microlite Ore
Monazite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.63005, 38.53667
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartz Creek Pegmatite District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COLUMBITE - TANTALITE 1.4 PER CENT BY VOLUME IN CORE, IN CRYSTALS 0.25 TO 1 INCH ACROSS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Parker, Raymond L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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