The Unnamed Fluorspar Deposit is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,949 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,949 Feet (2,423 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 38.61167, -106.04528
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Unnamed Fluorspar Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Fluorspar Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
District: Poncha Springs Area/Browns Canyon Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northern Sangre De Cristo Range, Southern Sawatch Range, Arkansas Valley Graben
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone, Nw-Trending
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 15-FT TRENCH
Comment (Location): IN HILLS NE OF SAND PARK, EAST OF BROWNS CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): BRADY, B.T., 1975, MAP SHOWING FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN COLORADO: USGS MAP MR-70, 1:500,000, TEXT
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