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Flagstone No. 1 and 2 Claims

Past Producer in San Miguel county in Colorado, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087929
MRDS ID D010934
Record type Site
Current site name Flagstone No. 1 and 2 Claims
Related records 10118832

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.11926, 38.01444 (WGS84)
Elevation 2451
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 17.4 MILES N 73 W FROM TELLURIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nucla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Miguel(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Miguel

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 043N;044N 011W;011W 06;31 NW (06) OF SW (31) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN, BUT ACCORDING TO LOCATIONS GIVEN IN MILS AND OLD CRIB RECORD, QUARRY LOCATED ON WEST SIDE OF SPECIE CREEK ABOUT 1.2 MILES ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH SAN MIGUEL RIVER. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR INTERSECTION OF COMMON SECTION LINE WITH OUTCROP OF ENTRADA SANDSTONE AND WANAKAH FM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Entrada Sandstone;Bilk Creek Sandstone Member Of Wanakah Formation
    Rock description Entrada Sandstone;Bilk Creek Sandstone Member Of Wanakah Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.11926, 38.01444
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns
Type of structure Local
Structure description Specie Creek Fault, Specie Creek Graben

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lower San Miguel District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROBABLE OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1959, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE PLACERVILLE QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1072-E.

  • Deposit

    ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY AVAILABLE DESCRIPTION IS PLEASANTLY COLORED SANDSTONE FOR FLAGSTONE. EXACT STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION UNCERTAIN, BUT IS BELIEVED TO BE SIMILAR TO THAT AT FALL CREEK QUARRY, EITHER (1) THIN, EVENLY STRATIFIED, FINE-GRAINED SANDSTONE AT TOP OF ENTRADA SANDSTONE OR (2) THIN, RED ("CARNELIAN"), FINE- TO COARSE-GRAINED, BLOCKY, CHERTY SANDSTONE AT TOP OF BILK CREEK MEMBER OF OVERLYING WANAKAH FM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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