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Erker Pit

Producer in Kit Carson 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 10118452
MAS/MILS ID 0080630002
Record type Site
Current site name Erker Pit
Alternate or previous names Lavingood

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -102.26908, 39.30891 (WGS84)
Elevation 1269
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kit Carson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burlington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Burlington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Limon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Republican(hydrologic accounting unit)

Republican(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Kit Carson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008 S 044 W 36 C Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) Eolian deposits
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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-Operator
    Owner Schlosser And Sons Co.
    ID 502591
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES RESPONDENT'S LIST

  • Deposit

    STATE DIRECTORY OF MANUFACTURERS 1973-74

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Lansdown 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 09/10/1985
MSHA mine ID0502591
Mine name (MSHA)Erker Pit
Current operatorSchlosser Inc
Current controller (parent)Gary L Schlosser; Tom D Schlosser
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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