Mine detail: Unnamed Fluorspar Deposit

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Location: Chaffee County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.60417, -106.02449
dep_id: 10013780
mrds_id: D010260
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Feldspar, Magnetite, Quartz
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Deposition
ore_ctrl: Pegmatite Dike 8-10 Ft Thick, Fractures
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Banded Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Northern Sangre De Cristo Range, Southern Sawatch Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, E-W Dike
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
References:
  • Deposit:: VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PONCHA SPRINGS SE QUADRANGLE, CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 829, 19 P., MAPS.
  • Deposit:: BRADY, B.T., 1975, MAP SHOWING FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN COLORADO: USGS MAP MR-70, 1:500,000, TEXT
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