Quartz Creek Pegmatite District

Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lithium, Mica, Beryllium, REE, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
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. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000265
MRDS ID D001816
Record type District
Current site name Quartz Creek Pegmatite District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.60061, 38.55 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pitkin(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.60061, 38.55

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both

Mining district

District name QUARTZ CREEK PEGMATITE DISTRICT

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 PARKER, RAYMOND L. 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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