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Fountain Creek Magnetite Deposit

Past Producer in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013846
MRDS ID D010372
Record type Site
Current site name Fountain Creek Magnetite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.87612, 38.67557 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 10.8 MILES S 12 W FROM COLORADO SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Big Chief(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 016S 067W 10 N2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF DEADMAN CANYON NEAR JOHNNY FELDSPAR MINE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER N 2 10. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result CARLOAD SHIPMENTS AVERAGED 43% FE AND 2% TI.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Gneiss
    Rock description Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.87612, 38.67557
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Mt Rosa Intrusive Center
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ute Pass Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name El Paso District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL INLIER OF PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHICS IS IN FAULT CONTACT WITH BOULDER CREEK GRANODIORITE, SILVER PLUME QUARTZ MONZONITE, AND KEETON PORPHYRY (PREC Y).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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