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Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016124
MRDS ID DC00394
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -104.01354, 37.66707 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Otero(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delhi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walsenburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas-Lake Meredith(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Otero

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 27S 59W 28,33 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -104.01354, 37.66707
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 5 FOOT HORZ. BED OF INDURATED GRAY TO BLACK, FINE TO MED. GRAINED SANDY CLAY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL ABANDONED MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, USBM R1 5553 P. 111 (1959)

  • Deposit

    DEL RIO MIN. RESOURCES OF COLO. 1960

  • Deposit

    CONSV.DIV.COMP.DATE, 1,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-72 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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