Black Canyon

Past Producer in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodities Magnesite, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142125
MRDS ID D004849
MAS/MILS ID 0080410012
Record type Site
Current site name Black Canyon
Related records 10010846

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -104.90836, 38.8867 (WGS84)
Elevation 2255
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cascade(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 013 S 067 W 29 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Tertiary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -104.90836, 38.8867

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Castle Creek Co.
    ID 500444
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: MAY 1976 MESA METAL-NONMETAL

  • Deposit

    REF: 1974 MINOBRAS

  • Deposit

    COLO DIV MINES SUMM OF MIN IND ACT1975

  • Deposit

    MSHA REVISION BY MILS 2-1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/19/2014
MSHA mine ID0500444
Mine name (MSHA)Snyder Quarry
Current operatorCastle Concrete Aggregates
Current controller (parent)Continental Materials Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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