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Unnamed Iron Mine

Past Producer in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013853
MRDS ID D010381
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Iron Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.02751, 38.97028 (WGS84)
Elevation 2579
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 15 MILES N 47 W FROM COLORADO SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teller(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodland Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel 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 El Paso
United States Colorado Teller

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 012S 068W 31,32 NE OF NE OF NE (31); NW OF NW OF NW (32) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON SW FLANK OF RAMPART RANGE ONE MILE DUE NORTH OF CRYSTOLA, NEAR CHILDS LIMESTONE QUARRY. PART OF MINE IN SEC. 31 LIES IN TELLER COUNTY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1030
    Dating method Rb-Sr
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Manitou Limestone;Fountain Formation
    Rock description Manitou Limestone;Fountain Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.02751, 38.97028
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Rampart Range Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ute Pass Fault Zone, Manitou Park Half Graben

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Green Mountain Falls District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • APPARENTLY ONE TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN LENGTH HEADING GENERALLY NE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1977, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WOODLAND PARK QUADRANGLE, TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-842.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 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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