Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
TertiarySilica, Manganese, Calcium
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsBarite, Chalcedony, Fluorite, Limonite, Microcline, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Quartz Monzonite · "Gneiss complex", "quartz monzonite"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1943
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10215435
MRDS IDW006939
Alternate namesFluorine Mine, Baker Pit, Fluorine Vein, Fluorine Pit, Northgate, Northgate Fluorspar, Fluorine-Camp Creek Vein, Whale Pit, Fluorine Claims, Fluorine No. 1 Shaft, Fluorine No. 0, 1, 2, and 3 claims, Fluorite Nos 1 - 8
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.93914, -106.24395
References
{Deposit:: CARLSON, J. W., 1970, OZARK-MAHONING COMPANY, NORTHGATE, COLORADO: DECO TREFOIL, DENVER EQUIPMENT DIVISION, JOY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, SUMMER 1970 ISSUE, P. 9-16.}{Deposit:: COLO. SCH. OF MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, P. 187.}{Deposit:: Steven, T.A., 1960, Geology and fluorspar deposits, Northgate district, Colorado: USGS Bull. 1082-F, p. 323-422.}{Deposit:: WARNE, J. D., 1947, NORTHGATE FLUORSPAR, JACKSON COUNTY, COLO.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS RI-4106, 23 p.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62.}{Deposit:: Van Alstine, R.E., 1947, Fluorspar Investigations -- Northgate District, Jackson County, in Vanderwilt, J.W., Mineral Resources of Colorado: State of Colorado Mineral Resources Board, p. 457-465.}{Deposit:: Cox, D.C., Benson, W.E.B., Steven, T.A., and Van Alstine, R.E., 1948, Flurospar deposits of the Northgate District, Jackson County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Strategic Minerals Investigations Report 3-220, 14 p. [(200)St8pr no.3-220]}