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Unnamed Iron Mine

Prospect 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 10013993
MRDS ID D010583
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Iron Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.79919, 38.14779 (WGS84)
Elevation 2588
Relative position 10.6 MILES S50E 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

Valley View Hot Springs(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

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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 045N 011E 18 SW OF NW OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • AT BASE OF MOUNTAIN FRONT ON UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF COTTON CREEK 3.2 MILES SE OF VALLEY VIEW HOT SPRINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITY BASED ON SIMILARITY WITH ORIENT MINE AND MAJOR CREEK MIN E

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 Belden And Minturn Formations;Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Belden And Minturn Formations;Migmatitic Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

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 Sangre De Cristo Fault, Unnamed Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Orient District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN EXTENT HEADING GENERALLY NORTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1X2 QUADR ANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022

  • Deposit

    USBM MILS LISTING 0081090299

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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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