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Upper Beaver Valley Gypsum # 1 & 2

Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017749
MRDS ID DC04186
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Beaver Valley Gypsum # 1 & 2
Alternate or previous names Eight Mile Park

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.03695, 38.54029 (WGS84)
Relative position located point in only Lykins Fm. in Upper Beaver Creek; 14 MI. NE OF CANON CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phantom Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 16S 70W 28 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 253
USGS model code 35a.5 (35ae)
Deposit model name Bedded gypsum: marine evaporite gypsum

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.03695, 38.54029
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 400 T./MO. (#2) 600 T/MO (#1)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INSPECT. REPT. COLO. BUR MINES, 10/24/39

  • Deposit

    LARRABEE, CONST. MAT'L & NONMETALLIC MIN. DEPOSITS OF COLO.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,69

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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