| Deposit ID | 10090892 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008050 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kerber Creek Limonite Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Kerber Creek Bog Iron Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.08365, 38.21807 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2621 |
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
| Relative position | 9.8 MILES N21E FROM SAGUACHE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Saguache(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Graveyard Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Luis(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)
Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Saguache |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 046N | 008E | 21,22,27 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Result | USBM SAMPLE OF BETTER MATERIAL RAN 24.2% FE, 0.11% P, 0.34% S, 48.6% SIO2, 0.4% MN, 6.8% LOI. SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS SHOWED 0.001 TO 0.01% CU, GA, ZR, CR, MO |
|---|---|
| Result | 0.01 TO 0.1% PB, CO, NI |
| Result | 0.1 TO 1.0% TI, MN. |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Bonanza Volcanics |
| Rock description | Bonanza Volcanics |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium |
| Rock unit name | Alluvium And Colluvium |
| Rock description | Alluvium And Colluvium |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Colluvium |
| (1) | -106.08365, 38.21807 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Kerber And Noland Faults |
| General form | IRREGULAR TO TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | NEARLY HORIZONTAL |
| Thickness | 2.13M |
| Length | 106.68M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bonanza (Kerber Creek) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008050 |
HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: US BUR MINES INF CIRC 7918, P. 62
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | YELLOW AND REDDISH-BROWN LIMONITE CEMENTS SAND AND GRAVEL AND FORMS A BRECCIA WITH ANGULAR LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS. THE LIMESTONE IS DERIVED FROM PALEOZOIC FMS EXPOSED AROUND THE EDGE OF THE VOLCANIC FIELD. ALTHOUGH SKETCHY, THE DEPOSIT DESCRIBED APPEARS TO BE OLDER QUATERNARY ALLUVIAL OR TERRACE DEPOSITS AND COLLUVIUM. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-81 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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