Mine detail: Unnamed Quarry

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.45973, -105.27196

Resource

Ore:

Calcite

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Williams Canyon Limestone;Fremont Dolomite, Harding Sandstone, Manitou Limestone
Host type:	Sandstone,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Canon City Embayment, Southern Front Range
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D004926
DEP	10107941
Reference	TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1:62,500
Reporter	Foord, Suzann C, Collins, Donna B.