Buckhorn Mica Mine

Past Producer in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodity Mica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166384
MRDS ID D010316
MAS/MILS ID 0080690033
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn Mica Mine
Alternate or previous names Emerald Gem Claim of Roy Hyatt
Related records 10013811

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.37169, 40.54188 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.37169, 40.54188

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Date of Last Modification 920529

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crystal Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-APR-1995 Martin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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