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Indian Creek Limonite Deposit

Occurrence in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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 10090913
MRDS ID D009239
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Creek Limonite Deposit
Alternate or previous names Claims: Indian Creek Placers 3-7, 11
Related records 10240195

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -106.31949, 38.39778 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES S87E FROM SARGENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pahlone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison 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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048N 006E 20 S2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG INDIAN CREEK. HARRER AND TESCH CITE LOCATION IN SECS. 17 AND 18, BUT GEOLOGICAL OCCURRENCE SUGGESTS MORE LIKELY LOCATION ALONG MAIN CREEK IN SEC. 20. PLACER CLAIMS COVER PARTS OF SECS. 16, 17, 20, AND 21 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result USBM CHARACTER SAMPLE CONTAINED 42.6% FE, 0.07% P, 0.43% S, 20.8% SIO2, 0.1% MN. SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS SHOWED 0.001 TO 0.01% GA, PB, ZR, CR
Result 0.01 TO 0.1% CU, TI, MN, NI.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Leadville Limestone
    Rock description Leadville Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -106.31949, 38.39778
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Indian Creek Syncline, Indian Creek Anticline, Chester Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Discoverer Mammoth Iron Mines Co.

Mining district

District name Marshall Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL REPLACEMENT BODIES IN UPPER KARSTIFIED ZONE OF LEADVILLE LIMESTONE. HARRER AND TESCH ALSO CITE SOME SMALL BOG IRON DEPOSITS, PRESUMABLY IN QUATERNARY ALLUVIUM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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