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Florence Group, Texas Creek Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USAi
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Texas Creek AreaArea
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 26' 35'' North , 105° 35' 55'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
38.44305,-105.59861
GRN:
N26W60
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Coaldale255 (2011)16.3km
Howard723 (2011)20.6km
Cañon City16,400 (2013)31.0km
Lincoln Park3,546 (2011)33.0km
Brookside246 (2017)35.5km
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ClubLocationDistance
Canon City Geology ClubCanon City, Colorado31km
Columbine Gem and Mineral SocietySalida, Colorado36km
Mindat Locality ID:
112970
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:112970:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: IRAVER, W.M., JR., 1947, INVESTIGATIONS OF STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOURCES, IN VANDERWILT, J.W., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO, PART III: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 474.
Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 19
Commodities (Trace) - Copper
Development Status: Occurrence
Structure: Texas Creek Fault And Adjoining Ne-Trending Fault, Northern Wet Mountains
Host Rock: Granite, Quartz Monzonite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

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