Jake & Hank Quarry

Producer in Costilla county in Colorado, United States with commodity Stone
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017171
MRDS ID DC03030
Record type Site
Current site name Jake & Hank Quarry
Alternate or previous names Mesita Hills Quarry, Scoria

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.63724, 37.10781 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 10 m from topo mine

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Costilla(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sky Valley Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Costilla

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 33N 12E 11,14 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scoria Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 162
USGS model code 25kc
Deposit model name Scoria-volcanic cinders

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.63724, 37.10781

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 18.29M
    Length 548.64M
    Width 1500M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OPEN PIT IN TOP OF VOLCANIC CINDER OVERLYING LAVA FLOWS OF MESITA HILL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.