Amethyst

Unknown in Mesa county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gemstone
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. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10263809
MAS/MILS ID 0080770224
Record type Site
Current site name Amethyst

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -108.66878, 38.78969 (WGS84)
Elevation 2133
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mesa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snyder Flats(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Mesa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) Modern alluvium

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLO BOM LIST 1973 OP/ VAN SCHAACK INDUSTRIES

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.