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Wager Gulch Limonite Deposit

Past Producer in Hinsdale 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014696
MRDS ID D011583
Record type Site
Current site name Wager Gulch Limonite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.36174, 37.88862 (WGS84)
Elevation 3261
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 10.1 MILES S 15 W FROM LAKE CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hinsdale(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake San Cristobal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison 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 Hinsdale

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042N 005W 24 E2 OF E2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT REPORTEDLY LIES ABOVE FORKS OF WAGER GULCH ABOUT ONE MILE BELOW CARSON. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CONFLUENCE OF WAGER GULCH AND WEST FORK IN NE NE SEC. 24. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Fe Sulfide To Limonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Colluvium;Alluvium
    Rock description Colluvium;Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.36174, 37.88862
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression
Type of structure Local
Structure description San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Carson Volcano

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Swamp/Bog Environment That Caused Precipitation Of Fe Oxide From Spring Waters

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1875

Mining district

District name Carson District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUT

Comments on development

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF BOG IRON ORE WAS MINED IN LATE 1800S FOR USE AS NONFERROUS SMELTER FLUX IN LAKE CITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 44.

  • Deposit

    LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.

  • Deposit

    LARSEN, E.S., 1911, THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CARSON CAMP, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 470, P. 30-38.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMONITE OCCURS AS VARIETY OF YELLOW, RED, AND BROWN HYDROUS FE OXIDES IN BOG DEPOSIT STILL BEING FORMED. DEPOSIT VARIES IN COMPOSITION, TEXTURE, AND FE CONTENT. FE APPARENTLY TAKEN INTO SOLUTION BY METEORIC WATERS THAT PASS THROUGH OXIDIZING FE-SULFIDE-BEARING ROCKS AND VEINS. WATER ISSUES FROM BASE OF CLIFFS AS FERRUGINOUS SPRINGS FROM WHICH FE IS PRECIPITATED AS LIMONITE BOG IRON IN SWAMPY GULCH BOTTOM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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