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Dotsero Quarry

Producer in Eagle county in Colorado, United States with commodity Pumice
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  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 10288569
MRDS ID DC04457
MAS/MILS ID 0080370024
Record type Site
Current site name Dotsero Quarry
Related records 10017883

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -107.08394, 39.64168 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eagle(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dotsero(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glenwood Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Eagle

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 004 S 086 W 34 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -107.08394, 39.64168
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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 National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dostero Block, Inc.
    ID 500434
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: MINOBRAS 1974

  • Deposit

    REV BY MILS 2-19-80, MSHA INSPECTION SHEET.

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 10/24/2018
MSHA mine ID0500434
Mine name (MSHA)Block Plant
Current operatorMayne Block & Stone Company
Current controller (parent)Joseph C Welte
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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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