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Occurrence in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodity Graphite
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015949
MRDS ID DC00023
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -107.82939, 37.76089 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 40N 09W 02,03 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -107.82939, 37.76089
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE DEPOSIT LOW GRADE GRAPHITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERWILT, BURBANK, TRAVER, 1947 MIN. RESOURCES OF COLO., MIN. RESOURCES BOARD, COLO.

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949, QUART. C.S.M., VOL. 44, NO. 2.

  • Deposit

    AURAND, 1920, MIN. DEP. OF WESTERN SLOPE: COLO. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 3,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-72 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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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