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San Luis Lake

Producer in Alamosa county in Colorado, United States with commodity Sodium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108306
MRDS ID DC04329
Record type Site
Current site name San Luis Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.60919, 37.66974 (WGS84)
Relative position NW 1/2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alamosa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Zapata Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Great Sand Dunes National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Alamosa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 40N 12E 36 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.60919, 37.66974
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: EVAPORITES IN A PLAYA LAKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949, IND. MIN. OF COLO., COLO. SCH. OF MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, P. 441

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown 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

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