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Jocomo

Past Producer in Custer 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108120
MRDS ID DC01503
Record type Site
Current site name Jocomo
Alternate or previous names Lapin Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.20557, 38.02141 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 23S 70W 27 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.20557, 38.02141
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 41 E
    Dip 85 E
    Width 4.27M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 4 - 14 FT. VEIN N41E 80SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years ? - 1920

Mining district

District name Rosita

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1949
    Material Fluorite Ore
    Ore mined 900mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 87wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • OVER 1000 T.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2

  • Deposit

    LARRABEE, 1947, USGS MO. RIVER BASIN STUDIES #10

  • Deposit

    AURAND, 1920, COLO. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 18, P. 53

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE 87.42 PERCENT CAF2 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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