Iron Cap Mine

Past Producer in Delta county in Colorado, United States with commodity 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 10288264
MRDS ID D009352
MAS/MILS ID 0080290061
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Cap Mine
Related records 10013199

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.88755, 38.71579 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Delta(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Olathe NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Delta

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.88755, 38.71579

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OWN:MIKE MINGEN

  • Deposit

    REF:USGS OLATHE NW QUAD

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.