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Buckhorn Mica Mine

Producer in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Mica, Beryllium
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107750
MRDS ID D001824
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn Mica Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.40059, 40.53331 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crystal Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Thompson(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt 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 Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007N 071W 29 Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Muscovite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.40059, 40.53331
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL PRODUCTION OF MUSCOVITE AND BERYL ONLY

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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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