Colorado · Chaffee County
Occurrence

Unnamed Fluorspar Deposit

Chaffee County, Colorado, United States
Fluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlPegmatite Dike 8-10 Ft Thick, Fractures
Materials
GangueFeldspar, Magnetite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Banded Gneiss
StructureNorthern Sangre De Cristo Range, Southern Sawatch Range, Arkansas Valley Graben, E-W Dike
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013780
MRDS IDD010260
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates38.60417, -106.02449
References
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.BRADY, B.T., 1975, MAP SHOWING FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN COLORADO: USGS MAP MR-70, 1:500,000, TEXT