Railroad Spring

Unknown in La Plata county in Colorado, United States with commodity Geothermal
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10118676
MAS/MILS ID 0080670331
Record type Site
Current site name Railroad Spring

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.02955, 37.70141 (WGS84)
Elevation 2694

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dolores(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado La Plata

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 040 N 011 W Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Geothermal Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.02955, 37.70141

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Geothermal
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reference

    GEORGE, R.D., CURTIS, H.A., LESTER, O.C., CROOK, J.K.,

  • Deposit

    TEO, J.B., AND OTHERS, 1920, MINERAL WATERS OF COLORADO:

  • Deposit

    COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GULLETIN 11

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAY-1992 Jeske, Rodney E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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