Soda Lakes, Soda Springs

Producer in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodity Sodium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108043
MRDS ID DC00467
Record type Site
Current site name Soda Lakes, Soda Springs

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.10941, 39.69661 (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)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Logan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 04S;05S 69W;70W Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.10941, 39.69661

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 3T. CRUDE SODIUM SULPHATE/DAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS COMMODITY FILE, GR II, REEL 13, DOC. 2708,1946 AND DOC. 2759

  • Deposit

    HAYDEN SUR. 4TH ANN. REPT., 1870, P. 187, 1871

  • Deposit

    ST. OF COLO. MIN. RES. BOARD 1947, P.265

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 3,64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PONDS CONTAIN 20 PERCENT SODIUM SULPHATE CARBONATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-72 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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