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Iron Hill Area

Past Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Manganese, Quartz, Vanadium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10118125
MAS/MILS ID 0080510186
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Hill Area
Alternate or previous names Du Pont Adit, Big Iron Hill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.04282, 38.2561 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Powderhorn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 046 N 002 W 11 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Quartz Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.04282, 38.2561
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:MINOBRAS 1974

  • Deposit

    BUTTES GAS & OIL CO POWDERHORN COLO & KAISER ENGINEERS

  • Deposit

    JOB #6999-15 DU PONT EXPLORATION DRILLING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.