#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*#*
#*
#*
#*
#*#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
#*
Wet MountainsArea
Iron Hill
PowderhornDistrict
New Mexico
Cripple Creek
Leadville
Cement CreekDistrict (Silverton)
Tomichi Copper-Molybdenum
Climax
Urad-Henderson
Boulder CountyTungsten District
WeldMoffat
Mesa
Baca
Park
Routt
Yuma
Las Animas
Garfield
Lincoln
Larimer
Pueblo
Gunnison
BentSaguache
Elbert
Eagle
Grand
Logan
Rio Blanco
Kiowa
El Paso
Montrose
Otero
Delta
Washington
La Plata
Kit Carson
Jackson
Prowers
Fremont
Montezuma
Cheyenne
Huerfano
Morgan
Adams
Pitkin
CostillaConejosArchuleta
Dolores
Chaffee
MineralHinsdale
San Miguel Custer
Douglas
Teller
Crowley
Phillips
Boulder
Ouray
ArapahoeJefferson
Lake
Summit
AlamosaRio Grande
Sedgwick
San Juan
Clear Creek
GilpinDenver
Broomfield
Utah
Kansas
Wyoming Nebraska
OklahomaArizona
¯
Service Layer Credits: National Geographic, Esri, Garmin, HERE, UNEP-WCMC,USGS, NASA, ESA, METI, NRCAN, GEBCO, NOAA, increment P Corp.
U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey
Critical mineral deposits and occurrences in Colorado
0 50 100 150 MILES
0 50 100 150 KILOMETERS
ExplanationCritical mineral and significant deposits fromUSGS Mineral Deposit Database (USMIN)
Deposits and occurrences with critical mineralsfrom Mineral Resources Data System
Records from Mineral Resources Data System(MRDS) show deposits, prospects, and occurrencescontaining critical minerals. Many of these may notbe economic.Records from the USGS Mineral Deposit Database(USMIN) show the most significant known criticalmineral deposits in the U.S. According to USMINrecords, there are no known significant deposits ofcobalt, germanium, lithium, or tellurium in Colorado.
AluminumAntimonyArsenicBariteBerylliumBismuthChromiumFluoriteGalliumGraphiteHeliumIndium
MagnesiumManganeseNiobiumPlatinum group elementsPotassiumRubidiumStrontiumTantalumTitaniumUraniumVanadiumZirconium
Rare earth elements district
Colorado Mineral Belt
#Significant deposit of gold, silver,copper, lead, and (or) zinc
# Rhenium# Tin# Tungsten
# Rare earth elements
County
