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Green Mountain Falls District

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013847
MRDS ID D010373
Record type District
Current site name Green Mountain Falls District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.99029, 38.94111 (WGS84)
Elevation 2737
Relative position 11.3 MILES N 48 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

Cascade(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)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 013S;012S 068W;068W 02,03,04,09,10;31,32 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN RAMPART RANGE ROAD AND U.S. 24 NORTH OF CASCADE AND NE OF GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS. DISTRICT ALSO EXTENDS ONTO WOODLAND PARK QUAD. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR COMMON CORNER OF SECS. 03, 04, 09, AND 10. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Ocher Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Windy Point Granite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Windy Point Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1030
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Manitou Limestone
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Manitou Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1030
    Dating method Rb-Sr

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.99029, 38.94111
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Rampart Range Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben, Rampart Range Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Green Mountain Falls District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • According to Dunn (2003, p. 99) there has been no production from lodes in this district.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-482.

  • Deposit

    WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1977, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WOODLAND PARK QUADRANGLE, TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-842.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Dunn, L.G., 2003, Colorado Mining Districts--A Reference: Golden, Colo., Colorado School of Mines Library, p. 99.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU AND BASE METALS (SUCH AS AT IRON KING MINE) FOUND IN VEINS IN PIKES PEAK GRANITE. FE, SUCH AS AT TALCA GULCH AND UNNAMED MINES COULD OCCUR AS REPLACEMENT IN ORDOVICIAN LIMESTONE.
Deposit INDIVIDUAL RECORDS PREPARED FOR IRON KING MINE, RAMPART NO. 1 CLAIM, TALCA GULCH IRON MINE, UNNAMED IRON MINE. ASSIGNMENT OF CAMP CREEK MINE TO DISTRICT IS UNCERTAIN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Editor 16-NOV-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Changed record type from site to district.

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