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Nathrop Ruby Mt.

Occurrence in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Perlite, Pumice
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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. 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 10091465
MRDS ID DC04992
Record type Site
Current site name Nathrop Ruby Mt.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -106.08118, 38.75947 (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)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buena Vista East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 15S 78W 11,12,13 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary
Pumice Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -106.08118, 38.75947
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HORIZONTAL LAYERED DEPOSIT OF AEOLIAN ORIGIN, HASN'T BEEN REWORKED, AND IS OVERLAIN BY A PERLITE DEPOSIT 10-15 FT. THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEL RIO, 1961, COLO. MINERAL RES. BOARD

  • Deposit

    BUSH, 1951, COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 8

  • Deposit

    JASTER, 1956, USGS BULL 1027-I

  • Deposit

    3A) SHARPS, 1961, COLO. SCH. OF MINES, MIN. IND. BULL., V. 4, NO. 67

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.