Hancock Pit

Producer in Otero 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. 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 10264990
MAS/MILS ID 0080890057
Record type Site
Current site name Hancock Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -103.77052, 38.01832 (WGS84)
Elevation 1326
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Otero(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manzanola(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lamar(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas-Lake Meredith(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Otero

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 023 S 057 W 26 C Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -103.77052, 38.01832

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Otero County Highway Department
    ID 503498
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:CRIB DC00388

  • Deposit

    REV BY MILS 3-80 - MSHA

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 04/24/1987
MSHA mine ID0503498
Mine name (MSHA)Hancock
Current operatorOtero County
Current controller (parent)Otero County-CO
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

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