Babcock Peak Magnetite

Past Producer in La Plata county in Colorado, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166612
MRDS ID D010801
MAS/MILS ID 0080670027
Record type Site
Current site name Babcock Peak Magnetite
Related records 10094663

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.06315, 37.43531 (WGS84)
Elevation 3840
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Plata(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.06315, 37.43531

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JUL-1978 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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