Butte Valley, Alamo #1

Past Producer in Huerfano county in Colorado, United States with commodities Coal, Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10016542
MRDS ID DC01455
Record type Site
Current site name Butte Valley, Alamo #1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -104.95612, 37.65141 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huerfano(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walsenburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Huerfano(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Huerfano

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 27S 68W 25 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Coal Primary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coal Ore
Gravel Ore

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -104.95612, 37.65141

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLO. ST. PLANNING COMM., 1939, MAP OF TRINIDAD COAL FIELD

  • Deposit

    OM-146, 1954, GEOL. MAP

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,69

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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