Fire Clay #4

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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. 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 10091138
MRDS ID DC01785
Record type Site
Current site name Fire Clay #4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.24864, 39.84888 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MI. S. OF FIRECLAY STATION ON MOFFAT. RD.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.24864, 39.84888

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CAN PRODUCE 20 CARLOADS/MONTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 3,64

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.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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