Unnamed Mine near Orchard Mesa, CO

Fluorine-Fluorite site, status unknown · Mesa County, Colorado

UnknownFluorine-FluoriteSurfaceUSGS MRDS

Section

What kind of site this is
ORE · FLUORINE-FLUORITEBENCHESSECTION · ILLUSTRATIVE

Drawn as an open-pit mine, dug down in benches from the surface. The ore color stands for fluorine-fluorite. Federal records note the kind of operation and its status, not its depth or layout, so this is a typical example rather than a survey of this site.

Location

StateColorado
CountyMesa
Coordinates38.82808, -108.69678

Commodities

PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite

Mine Details

StatusUnknown
TypeSurface
Data SourceUSGS MRDS
Source ID10215659
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Blue-Atkin Mesa5.0 miPast Producer
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