Northgate Fluorspar District

Past Producer in Jackson county in Colorado, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Bibliographic references
  9. General comments
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400604
Record type District
Mineralized Area Northgate Fluorspar
Current site name Northgate Fluorspar District

Comments on the site identification

  • District includes:
    Alcoa Shaft; Baker Pit; Brimmer No. 1 Claim; Camp Creek Nos. 1-3 claims; Cherry Open Pit; Cunningham No. 1 Claim; Feldspar claim; Fluorine Claims; Fluorine Mine; Fluorine No. 0, 1, 2, and 3 claims; Fluorine No. 1 Shaft; Fluorine Pit; Fluorine Vein; Fluorine-Camp Creek Vein; Fluorine-Camp Creek vein; Fluorite Nos 1 - 8; Fluorspar Claims; Fluorspar Claims No. 1-18; Fluorspar Mine; Fluorspar Vein; Gero; Judy Ann Claim; Northgate; Northgate; Northgate Fluorspar; Northgate Fluorspar; Northgate Mine; Northgate Ozark; Penber; Springer Open Pit; Whale Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.25278, 40.93333 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Northgate(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jackson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.25278, 40.93333

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1918
Production years 1922-1927, 1941-1945, 1952-1959, 1968-1973, intermittently

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cox, D.C., Benson, W.E.B., Steven, T.A., and Van Alstine, R.E., 1948, Flurospar deposits of the Northgate District, Jackson County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Strategic Minerals Investigations Report 3-220, 14 p. [(200)St8pr no.3-220]

  • Deposit

    Neubert, J.W., and Dersch, J.S., 1994, Mineral Appraisal of Routt National Forest, Colorado: USBM MLA 13-94, 64 p., 6 appendices.

  • Deposit

    Steven, T.A., 1960, Geology and fluorspar deposits, Northgate district, Colorado: USGS Bull. 1082-F, p. 323-422.

  • Deposit

    Van Alstine, R.E., 1947, Fluorspar Investigations -- Northgate District, Jackson County, in Vanderwilt, J.W., Mineral Resources of Colorado: State of Colorado Mineral Resources Board, p. 457-465.

  • Deposit

    WARNE, J. D., 1947, NORTHGATE FLUORSPAR, JACKSON COUNTY, COLO.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS RI-4106, 23 p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Contains significant fluorspar deposits. Depending how "deposit" is defined, the district contains one or two significant deposits. Fluorine-Camp Creek vein and Fluorspar vein and their associated workings. Currrently (2011) see the individual records for Fluorine vein properties and Fluorspar Vein properties, each coded as 'significant'.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUN-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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