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Occurrence in Otero county in Colorado, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016122
MRDS ID DC00392
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.41607, 37.72586 (WGS84)
Relative position E 1/2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Otero(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corbin Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Junta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

La Junta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Purgatoire(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Otero

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 27S 54W 01 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.41607, 37.72586
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DARK GRAY TO BLACK SHALE - LOW REFRACTORY CLAY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, REF. CLAY DEP. OF COLO. 1959 USBM RI 5553

  • Deposit

    CONSV.DIV.COMP.DATE, 1,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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