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Unnamed Quarry

Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107941
MRDS ID D004926
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quarry
Related records 10264211

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.27196, 38.45973 (WGS84)
Elevation 1828
Relative position northern pit of three quarries; 1.8 MILES N60W OF CANON CITY POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Royal Gorge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 18S 70W 30 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF FREMONT PEAK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Williams Canyon Limestone;Fremont Dolomite, Harding Sandstone, Manitou Limestone
    Rock description Williams Canyon Limestone;Fremont Dolomite, Harding Sandstone, Manitou Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.27196, 38.45973
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Canon City Embayment, Southern Front Range

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canon City-Royal Gorge Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1:62,500

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Collins, Donna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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