Mine detail: Overton-Steele Hollow Iron Deposits

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Location: Pueblo County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.35279, -104.57999
dep_id: 10013419
mrds_id: D009701
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite, Pyrite, Siderite
gangue: Calcite
alteration: Alteration And Oxidation Of Pyrite
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Pierre Shale (Rusty Zone)
hrock_type: Shale
Structure: Denver Basin, Canon City Embayment, Apishapa Uplift,, Pueblo Anticline
tectonic: Central Platform
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • Deposit:: HARRER, C. M., AND TESCH, W. J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC 7918, P. 59
  • Deposit:: GILBERT, G. K., 1897, DESCRIPTION OF THE PUEBLO QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 36
  • Deposit:: SCOTT, G. R., 1969, GENERAL AND ENGINEERING GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF PUEBLO, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1262, P. 77-80.
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