Alnea, Horney Ganister, Burnito, Mccourt, Flint, Climax, Darley

Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity Silica
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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10108296
MRDS ID DC04222
Record type Site
Current site name Alnea, Horney Ganister, Burnito, Mccourt, Flint, Climax, Darley
Alternate or previous names South Gorge

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.21833, 38.47567 (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)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canon City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 18S 70W Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.21833, 38.47567

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANN. REPT. COLO. BUREAU OF MINES, P. 57, 1953

  • Deposit

    LARRABEE, CONST. MAT'LS. & NONMETALLIC MIN. DEPOSITS OF COLO.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,69

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.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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