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Strip Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodity Perlite
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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. Mineral occurrence model 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107946
MRDS ID D004945
Record type Site
Current site name Strip Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.37779, 38.07557 (WGS84)
Elevation 2590
Relative position 2 MILES SSE OF RATTLESNAKE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aldrich Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 23S 71W 06 CENTER OF W EDGE OF NW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF ROSITA HILLS, EAST OF WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY, UP WILMER GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 160
USGS model code 25ka
Deposit model name Perlite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite
    Rock description Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intra-ash flow quartz latitic lavas
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rosita, Volcanic Field, Wet Mtns

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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