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Johnson

Producer in Jefferson 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016664
MRDS ID DC01784
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson
Related records 10239373

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.24864, 39.84888 (WGS84)
Relative position SW 1/4, APPROX. 7 MI. N. OF GOLDEN, 1.25 MI. W. OF ST. HWY. 93

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 02S 70W 29 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) -105.24864, 39.84888
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 5.5 FT. THICK, N20W 57 NE, MED. GRAY, FINE GRAINED CLAY, PLASTIC IN RAW STATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM REPT. OF INVEST. 5553, P. 20-27, TABLE 12, FIGS 7,8, 1960

  • Deposit

    USGS COMMODITY FILE, GR. II, REEL 13, DOC. 2712, 1946

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 3,64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PCE VALUE OF 33

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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