Nellie-Helen Mine

Producer in Pueblo 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108395
MRDS ID DC05312
Record type Site
Current site name Nellie-Helen Mine
Related records 10190891

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.83806, 38.44084 (WGS84)
Relative position SW 1/4 NW 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pueblo(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stone City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pueblo(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)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Pueblo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 18S 67W 36 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) 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

(1) -104.83806, 38.44084

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Turkey Creek

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, 1959, USGS R1 5553, P. 74

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

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.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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