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White Earth District

Prospect in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Vermiculite, Iron, Manganese, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Uranium, Vanadium, Zinc, Titanium, Thorium, Zeolites
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000391
MRDS ID D011764
Record type District
Current site name White Earth District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.05342, 38.255 (WGS84)
Relative position INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Powderhorn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Zeolites Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) FENITIZATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.05342, 38.255
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • ALL MINERALIZATION IN DISTRICT LOCALIZED IN POWDERHORN AND IRON HILL INTRUSIVE CENTERS AND ON CIMARRON FAULT, WHOSE POSSIBLE LATE PRECAMBRIAN MOVEMENT MAY HAVE LOCALIZED EMPLACEMENT OF ALKALIC/CARBONATITIC COMPLEX. FE AND TI OCCUR AS SEGREGATIONS OR DIKES WITHIN PYROXENITE STAGE OF INTRUSION. VERMICULITE LOCATED IN SIMILAR BIOTITE SEGREGATIONS BUT CONTROLLED BY DEPTH OF WEATHERING. NB, RAE, AND TH/U ;OCALIZED PRIMARILY IN MASSIVE CARBONATOTE STAGE OF INTRUSION AND IN RADIAL DIKES POSSIBLY CONTROLLED BY PRE-CARBONATITE FRACTURES IN ALKALIC ROCKS. TH AND RAE ALSO LOCALIZED IN VEINS AND TRACHYTE DIKES FILLING FRACTURES AND JOINTS IN OLDER PRECAMBRIAN GRANITIC AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS PERIPHERAL TO INTRUSIVE COMPLEX.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both

Mining district

District name WHITE EARTH DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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