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Dry Creek Canyon #2 Mine

Occurrence in Pueblo county in Colorado, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018377
MRDS ID DC05310
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Creek Canyon #2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.85667, 38.45529 (WGS84)
Relative position E 1/2 SE 1/4 SW 1/4, SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pueblo(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stone City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Pueblo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 18S 67W 26 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 9.5 FT. THICK, SW LIMB OF TURKEY CREEK ANTICLINE, CONTAINS EQUAL PARTS FLINT AND PLASTIC CLAY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Turkey Creek

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, 1959, USBM R1 5553, P. 74

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files 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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