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LOWER S. MINERAL (ARSG-LOWER S. MINERAL) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Animas River Stakeholders Group (Colorado) (Volunteer) (identifier ARSG), has the name "LOWER S. MINERAL" and has the identifier ARSG-LOWER S. MINERAL. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14080104.

This site is located in San Juan County County, Colorado at 37.8009300000 degrees latitude and -107.7502700000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 9730 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "ARSG-LOWER S. MINERAL" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2015 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2015 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2015 - 2015
Physical 2015 - 2015
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier ARSG
OrganizationFormalName Animas River Stakeholders Group (Colorado) (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier ARSG-LOWER S. MINERAL
MonitoringLocationName LOWER S. MINERAL
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Just below confluence with Copper Gulch
HUCEightDigitCode 14080104
LatitudeMeasure 37.8009300000
LongitudeMeasure -107.7502700000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 9730
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 111
ProviderName STORET