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Occurrence in Adams county in Colorado, United States with commodity Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015973
MRDS ID DC00060
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.83585, 39.96443 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle South Platte-Cherry Creek(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 01S 67W 13 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MI. S. OF BRIGHTON AND NEAR THE RIVER; 1/4 MI. SW. OF CEMETERY; JUST WEST OF RIVER RD.; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.83585, 39.96443
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 10 FT. HORIZONTAL BED WITH NO OVERBURDEN. IN POCKETS IN ALLUVIAL GRAVEL. MED. HARD BROWNISH-GRAY GRITTY CLAY OF IRREGULAR STRUCTURE, SPOTTED WITH ALKALI AND SAND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLO. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 8, 1915, P. 154

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 4, 63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOULD MAKE GOOD PINK TO RED SOFT-MUD BRICK IF BURNED ABOVE CONC. 03.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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