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Deer Creek Pit

Producer in Douglas county in Colorado, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10118332
MAS/MILS ID 0080350066
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Creek Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -105.06997, 39.53329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Littleton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

OTHFE(Federal land areas administered by OTHFE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 006 S 069 W 13 NW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -105.06997, 39.53329
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peter Kiewit And Sons
    ID 503079
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OPERATION IS A DREDGE LOCATED ON SOUTH END OF CHATFIELD DAM

  • Deposit

    REF: USGS LITTLETON QUAD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/26/1981
MSHA mine ID0503079
Mine name (MSHA)Deer Creek Pit
Current operatorPeter Kiewit Sons' Company
Current controller (parent)Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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