Iron Swamp

Unknown in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Calcium, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166800
MRDS ID DC00956
MAS/MILS ID 0080510190
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Swamp
Alternate or previous names Old Iron Bog, Jerry No 1
Related records 10016330

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.05233, 38.86859 (WGS84)
Elevation 3231
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

Mount Axtell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East-Taylor(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 Gunnison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Tertiary
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.05233, 38.86859

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OWN:KEYSTONE MINE PROPERTY AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING CO

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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