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Deep Creek Placer (Deep Creek Placer Limestone Quarry; Patented Claim: Deep Creek Placer; MS 16025), Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USAi
Regional Level Types
Deep Creek Placer (Deep Creek Placer Limestone Quarry; Patented Claim: Deep Creek Placer; MS 16025)Placer
Lower San Miguel Mining DistrictMining District
San Miguel CountyCounty
ColoradoState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 57' 29'' North , 107° 55' 33'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
37.95806,-107.92583
GeoHash:
G#: 9werbn4c9
GRN:
N26W61
Type:
Placer
Köppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Mountain Village1,395 (2017)6.8km
Telluride2,399 (2018)10.2km
Ophir169 (2017)13.9km
Ouray1,008 (2017)23.4km
Portland135 (2011)24.0km
Mindat Locality ID:
119454
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:119454:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1961, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GRAY HEAD QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-176.
Deposit:: SCHWOCHOW, S.D., 1981, INVENTORY OF NONMETALLIC MINING AND PROCESSING OPERATIONS IN COLORADO: CGS MAP S
Commodities (Major) - Limestone - General
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Dolores Formation
Structure: Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns, Vanadium Fault, Placerville Anticline
Host Rock: Limestone
Tectonic Structure: Colorado Platform

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