Mine detail: Jefferson County Iron Mines

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Location

Lat / long: 39.63582, -105.2128

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Magnetite
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Idaho Springs Formation
Host type:Schist,Amphibolite
Structure:Front Range Uplift, Bear Creek Shear Zone
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD010216
DEP10013754
Reference{Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC 7918, P. 45.}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MORRISON QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-790-A}{Deposit:: GABLE, D.J., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE CRYSTALLINE ROCKS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE MORRISON QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1251-E.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.