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Snow Flake Mine

Producer in Teller county in Colorado, United States with commodities REE, Feldspar
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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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108362
MRDS ID DC05047
Record type Site
Current site name Snow Flake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.13835, 39.06361 (WGS84)
Relative position NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teller(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Signal Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Teller

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 11S 69W 29 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Fergusonite Ore
Thalenite Ore
Zircon Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.13835, 39.06361
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COMPLEX ASSEM. OF PERTHITIC MICROCLINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pikes Peak

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIGNAL BUTTE 1954 USGS TOPO

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 450-D, 1962, P. 6-8

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 7,69

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 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

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