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Blue Bird

Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodity Feldspar
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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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108037
MRDS ID DC00318
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird
Related records 10190871

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.35836, 38.95833 (WGS84)
Elevation 2487
Relative position 1 MILE S. OF LAKE GEORGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake George(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 12S 71W 32 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, LOCATION APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Biotitic gneiss, schist, and migmatite
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Colorado Feldspar Co.
    Home office Canon City, Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SEPT. 1944 DAILY PRODUCTION 15 TONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949; CSM QUART., VOL. 44,NO.2

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 90 FT LONG, 30 FT WIDE 30 FT HANGING WALL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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