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Black Canyon

Past Producer in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite, Stone
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010846
MRDS ID D004849
Record type Site
Current site name Black Canyon
Related records 10142125

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.90834, 38.88667 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cascade(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel 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 El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 13S 67W 29 SW OF NE OF SE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Magnesite Primary
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.90834, 38.88667
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA METAL-NONMETAL MAY 1976

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS 1974

  • Deposit

    COLO DIV OF MINES SUMM OF MIN IND ACT 1975

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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