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Producer in Alamosa county in Colorado, United States with commodity Sodium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017833
MRDS ID DC04330
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.70058, 37.68419 (WGS84)
Relative position SW 1/4 SW 1/4, 10 M ESE OF HOOPER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alamosa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medano Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(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

Great Sand Dunes National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Alamosa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 40N 12E 30 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Trona Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Eolian deposits
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL EPHEMERAL LAKE AT SURFACE OF PRACTICALLY SOLID CRYSTALLIZED SODIUM CARBONATE. 18 INCHES AVE. THICK., MAX. 30-48 INCHES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1: ORE IN SIGHT; NO KNOWLEDGE AT DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIEBENTHAL, 1910, USGS WATER SUPPER PAPER 240.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,69

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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