Black Cloud Quarry

Past Producer in Teller county in Colorado, United States with commodities Beryllium, Feldspar, Quartz
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 10240111
MRDS ID DC04051
MAS/MILS ID 0081190039
Record type Site
Current site name Black Cloud Quarry
Alternate or previous names Spillman
Related records 10017698

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -105.21337, 38.9383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2764
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teller(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Divide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Teller

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Feldspar Primary
Quartz Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -105.21337, 38.9383

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINBRAS OF COLO. 1974

  • Deposit

    OWN: INTER. MINERALS & CHEMICALS CORP. 1959

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.