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Producer in Custer 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 10016866
MRDS ID DC02281
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.43106, 38.1299 (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)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westcliffe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 22S 72W Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.43106, 38.1299
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HARD, WHITE, FINE-MED GRAINED CLAY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1929

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LARRABEE, 1947, USGS MO. RIVER BASIN STUDIES #10

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, 1914, COLO-GEOL. SUR. BULL 8, P. 177

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO 2, P. 94

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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