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Occurrence in Alamosa county in Colorado, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10017835
MRDS ID DC04333
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.78827, 37.56295 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alamosa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hooper SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Alamosa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.78827, 37.56295
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ALAMOSA CO. UNDERLAIN BY THE ALAMOSA FM. AND RECENT ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS EXCEPT FOR PRECAMBRIAN TO THE EAST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE WHOLE COUNTY EXCEPT FOR PRECAMBRIAN IS PROSPECTIVE FOR SAND AND GRAVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEL RIO, 1960, MIN. RES. OF COLO., FIRST SEQUEL, STATE OF COLO. MIN. RES. BOARD, P.63.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 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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