Mine detail: Cottonwood Creek Magnetite Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.53833, -105.97615

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Magnetite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Meta Volcanic And Metasedimentary Rocks
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Northern Sangre De Cristo Range, Southern Mosquito Range, Nw-Trending Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D010251
DEP	10013775
Reference	{Deposit:: HARRER, C.M. AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7918, P. 18.}{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	Collins