Deep Creek Placer

Past Producer in San Miguel county in Colorado, United States with commodities Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143280
MRDS ID D010931
MAS/MILS ID 0081130504
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Creek Placer
Related records 10087928

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -108.00005, 37.9942 (WGS84)
Elevation 2484
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Cone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Miguel(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Miguel

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -108.00005, 37.9942

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    C D M SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT 1975 & 1974

  • Deposit

    OWN-OPR: MCFARLAND & HULLINGER 1975, THIS DATA SHOULD HAVE

  • Deposit

    BEEN ENTERED INTO THE OWNERSHIP TABLE. WHY IS IT HERE, IN

  • Deposit

    THE BIBLIOGRAPHY TABLE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR OWNERSHIP COMMENTS. SEE PROPERTY DEEP CREEK MINE SEQ# 0081130503 FOR MORE COMMENTS THESE MAY BE THE SAME PROPERTY, HOWEVER UNTIL MORE INFORMATION IS KNOWN BOTH PROPERTIES WILL REMAIN ON MAS. COULD BE #0570123 AS LISTED ON MSHA.DBF, 1995.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-APR-95 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.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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