Talca Gulch Iron Mine

Past Producer in El Paso 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. 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 10013852
MRDS ID D010380
Record type Site
Current site name Talca Gulch Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Talcott? Gulch Iron Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.01946, 38.95722 (WGS84)
Elevation 2493
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 13.2 MILES N 50 W FROM COLORADO SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 012S 068W 32 SE OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • HARRER AND TESCH GIVE LOCATION AS APPROX SEC. 10, T13S, R68W, BUT BURGER'S MAP SHOWS A "TALCOTT GULCH" IN SEC. 32,T12S, R68W (WOODLAND PARK QUAD). ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR INTERSECTION OF TALCOTT GULCH AND ORDOVICIAN LIMESTONE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Ocher 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
    Rock description Manitou Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.01946, 38.95722

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Uplift, 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 production information

  • 40 TONS OF HEMATITE AND 20 TONS OF YELLOW OCHER WERE USED AS PAINT PIGMENTS BY COLORADO MIDLAND RAILROAD CO.

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.

  • Deposit

    BURGER, O.K., 1936, REPORT ON THE IRON KING MINE, 3 MILES NORTH OF CASCADE: COLORADO STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 3 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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