Silbrico

Producer in Conejos county in Colorado, United States with commodity Perlite
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Sections on this page
  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 10264067
MAS/MILS ID 0080210005
Record type Site
Current site name Silbrico

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -106.01308, 37.07083 (WGS84)
Elevation 2405
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Conejos(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antonito(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Antonito(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Conejos(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Conejos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 033 N 009 E 29 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -106.01308, 37.07083

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Silbrico
    ID 502631
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1976

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1980 Lansdown 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 01/11/1983
MSHA mine ID0502631
Mine name (MSHA)Silbrico Loading Dock
Current operatorSilbrico Corp
Current controller (parent)Chris Mendius; Steven B Garnett; Todd E Kokes
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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