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Colorado Rose Red Quarry

Producer in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodity Granite
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191546
MAS/MILS ID 0080690153
Record type Site
Current site name Colorado Rose Red Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.34749, 40.28388 (WGS84)
Elevation 1911
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinewood Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Thompson(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 004 N 071 W 33 NWSENW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Granitic rocks of 1400-m.y. age group
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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 Colorado Rose Red Granite Co
    ID 500070
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-MAR-1979 Yancey 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 10/18/2022
MSHA mine ID0500070
Mine name (MSHA)COLORADO ROSE RED QUARRY
Current operatorColorado Rose Red Inc.
Current controller (parent)Caleb Daniel Liesveld
Mine typeUnderground (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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