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Brown Derby No. 5 Quarry

Past Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lithium, Tantalum
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142697
MRDS ID D001813
MAS/MILS ID 0080510495
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Derby No. 5 Quarry
Related records 10009130

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -106.63091, 38.5469 (WGS84)
Elevation 2707
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison 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 Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 049 N 003 E 34 SW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Unknown
Fergusonite Unknown
Mica Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -106.63091, 38.5469
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Date of Last Modification 911230

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartz Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-1991 Martin U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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