Shiprock Group

Prospect in Montezuma county in Colorado, United States with commodities Iron, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166597
MAS/MILS ID 0080830100
Record type Site
Current site name Shiprock Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.57506, 37.00972 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montezuma(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moqui Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mancos(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montezuma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.57506, 37.00972

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:CRIB NO. W002525

  • Deposit

    SCATTERED, UNNAMED DEPOSIT DOW, V.T., AND BATTY

  • Deposit

    ALSO T33N R17W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 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.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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