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Sulphur Beds

Past Producer in Mineral county in Colorado, United States with commodity Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134993
MAS/MILS ID 0080790088
Record type Site
Current site name Sulphur Beds

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -106.92592, 37.85001 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Creede(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Del Norte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande 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 Mineral

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -106.92592, 37.85001
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Monex Engineering/Starfire
    Year 1991

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1920
    Inferred 2000000mt ore
    Total resources 2000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sulfur S 99.99 wt-pct Sulfur Major 1920

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CBM ANNUAL REPORT 1920

  • Deposit

    OWN/OP: BUFFALO SULPHUR REFINING CO. 1920

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-AUG-1993 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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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