The Texas Creek Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 38.44972, -105.60417
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Texas Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Texas Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Texas Creek 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
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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
Model Name: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains
Type: L
Description: Texas Creek Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Highly Weathered
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.032 TO 0.10 % EU308, 0.05 % TH
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY TO 40 TIMES BACKGROUND
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Limonite
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF TEXAS CREEK, SE OF TABLE MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Production): A FEW TONS OF FLUORITE ORE WERE PRODUCED. ALL RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH FLUORITE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT ON EAST SIDE OF WASH
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 152-153.
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.
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