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Iowa Gulch

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Quartz, Feldspar, Mica, Gemstone, Garnet, Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016917
MRDS ID DC02401
Record type Site
Current site name Iowa Gulch
Related records 10239450

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.22975, 39.58888 (WGS84)
Relative position ON N. SLOPE OF IOWA GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 05S 70W 28 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary
Gemstone Primary
Garnet Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Ore
Garnet Ore
Magnetite Ore
Microcline Ore
Muscovite Ore
Plagioclase Ore
Quartz Ore
Tourmaline Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.22975, 39.58888
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEG. N50E STEEPLY NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. EXAM FILE, REPORT OF 6/59

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 3,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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