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Rosita Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodity Perlite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214455
MRDS ID D009079
MAS/MILS ID 0080270015
Record type Site
Current site name Rosita Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.36617, 38.11941 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rosita(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 160
USGS model code 25ka
Deposit model name Perlite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Rosita Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.36617, 38.11941
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM YEARLY PROD TABULATIONS OWNER-OP- PERSOLITE PRODUC

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.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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