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Canon City Deposit

Occurrence in Fremont 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087803
MRDS ID D009894
Record type Site
Current site name Canon City Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.1339, 38.40001 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES S 45 E OF CANON CITY, Within 1-2 Miles, Based On Coal Outcrops

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canon City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 019S 069W 17 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 6 MILES BELOW CANON CITY ON ARKANSAS RIVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Siderite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 54% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Vermejo Formation
    Rock description Vermejo Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Coal

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.1339, 38.40001
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Canon City Embayment, Southern Front Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Synclinal Folding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Florence Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C. M. AND TESCH, W. J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7918, P. 32

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G. R., TAYLOR, R. B., EPIS, R. C., WOBUS, R. A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG. X 2 DEG. QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-83 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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