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Old Ironsides Mine

Occurrence in Saguache 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 10013992
MRDS ID D010581
Record type Site
Current site name Old Ironsides Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.7478, 38.17918 (WGS84)
Elevation 3060
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 12 MILES S66E FROM VILLA GROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Electric Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Sangre de Cristo Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 045N 011E 03 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG UPPER MAJOR CREEK 3.7 MILES ESE FROM VALLEY VIEW HOT SPRINGS . ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 03 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERAL BASED ON PROBABLE SIMILARITY WITH ORIENT MINE AND MAJO R CREEK MINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Minturn Formation;Belden Formation
    Rock description Minturn Formation;Belden Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.7478, 38.17918
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cotton Creek Anticline, Gibson Peak Syncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Orient District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OC CURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 59-67.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-628

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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