Ref.: Eckel, Edwin B. (1997), Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised: 19. Several pegmatite dikes and veins are in the general vicinity of Critchell. This locality is on the Phillipsburg-Deermont-Conifer road (South Deer Creek Road), about 5 mi east of Conifer and U.S. Highway 285. The Critchell mine, which explores a pegmatite dike, is 1/4 mi northeast of Critchell, on the north side of the road to Deer Creek.

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