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Hall Turquoise Mine

Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016276
MRDS ID DC00846
Record type Site
Current site name Hall Turquoise Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.05615, 38.29307 (WGS84)
Relative position SE CORNER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whale Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 47N 08E 26 SE4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.05615, 38.29307
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OCCURS AS VEINS AND NODULES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1936 - 1956

Mining district

District name Villa Grove

Comments on the production information

  • $33,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MIN. RES. OF COLO.

  • Deposit

    ECON. GEOL., 1941, VOL. 36, NO. 3, P 335-344

  • Deposit

    SINKANSAS, 1959, GEMSTONE OF NORTH AMERICA, P. 215

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,69

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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