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California

Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Beryllium, Molybdenum
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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 10108192
MRDS ID DC03001
Record type Site
Current site name California

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.26977, 38.64361 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.3 MI. S. 42 W FROM CREST OF MT. ANTERO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Elmo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(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)

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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 51N 06E 26 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.26977, 38.64361
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN CONTAINING QTZ, BERYL, PYRITE, MOLYBDENITE, FERRIMOLYBDITE,MICA, TOURMALINE, FLUORITE, RUTILE, BRANNERITE. ATTITUDE N55-75E, 80 NW TO VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL LOTS OF HAND COBBED ORE TESTED IN 1917. NO SUBSEQUENT PROD. REPORTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEL RIO, 1961, COLO. MINERAL RES. BOARD

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, 1953, USGS BULL. 982-D

  • Deposit

    LANDES, 1934, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 29, NO.7

  • Deposit

    3A) USBM MIN. EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    3B) WORCHESTER, 1919, COLO. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 149

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

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

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