Jones Fine Sand Co Pit

Producer in Adams county in Colorado, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159798
MAS/MILS ID 0080010101
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Fine Sand Co Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -104.93057, 39.79559 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Commerce City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle South Platte-Cherry Creek(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Adams

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Modern alluvium

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: COLO DEPT OF NAT RES,S&G REPT OWNR: JONES

  • Deposit

    OP:SUPERIOR S&G CO

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 02/02/2022
MSHA mine ID0500997
Mine name (MSHA)JONES FINE SAND
Current operatorCarl Palizzi Inc
Current controller (parent)Dolores Irene Palizzi
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (391 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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