Powderhorn Deposit

Prospect in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Titanium, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Thorium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Ownership information
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	60000753
MRDS ID	ISM0585
Record type	District
Current site name	Powderhorn Deposit
Alternate or previous names	Cebolla Creek, Iron Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-107.1167, 38.25 (WGS84)
Relative position	30 KM S OF GUNNISONMAGMATIC, ALKALIC, IRREGULAR/STRATIFORM, MASSIVE/DISSEMINATED"

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rudolph Hill(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

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Titanium Critical	Primary
REE Critical	Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical	Primary
Thorium	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-107.1167, 38.25	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	ALKALIC INTRUSION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	Yes
Discovery year	1880

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner BUTTES OIL AND GAS CO
Type Joint Venture

Owner Teck Corporation

Year 2009

First year 1990
Type Owner

Owner Teck Corporation

Interest 100

Home office Teck Cominco Limited

Year 2009

First year 1994

Type	Owner
Owner	BUTTES OIL AND GAS CO

Type	Joint Venture
Owner	Teck Corporation
Year	2009
First year	1990

Type	Owner
Owner	Teck Corporation
Interest	100
Home office	Teck Cominco Limited
Year	2009
First year	1994

Comments on the production information

"In 1998, Teck Corp. suggested that the White Earth Property contains mineable reserves of about 41.8 million metric tons (46 million short tons) grading 13.2% TiO2." (Van Gosen, 2009, p. 12)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Deposit

WALL STREET HOURNAL, 1976, BUTTES SAYS STUDIES ON COLORADO PROSPECT INDICATE MAJOR DEPOSIT OF TITANIUM ORE: WALL STREET JOURNAL, V. 187, NO. 37 (24 FEBRUARY), P. 6.
Deposit

LARSEN, E.S., 1942, ALKALIC ROCKS OF IRON HILL, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 197 A, 164 P.
Deposit

THOMPSON, J.V., 1982, ORAL COMMUNICATION.
Deposit

FANTEL, R.J., ET AL 1986, TITANIUM MINERALS AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, US BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9061, 48 P.
Deposit

Van Gosen, B.S., 2009, The Iron Hill (Powderhorn) Carbonatite Complex, gunnison County, Colorado--A potential source of several uncommon mineral resources: USGS Open File Report 2009-1005, 28 p.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Editor	2012-06-04	Wilson, Anna B	U.S. Geological Survey	Added Van Gosen to references. Changed Record type to District from Deposit.

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Colorado resources

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