Mine detail: Fountain Creek Magnetite Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

38.67557, -104.87612

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Tertiary:	Titanium, Metal

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Gneiss
Host type:	Schist
Associated rock:	Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Mt Rosa Intrusive Center, Ute Pass Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010372
DEP	10013846
Reference	{Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 29.}{Deposit:: TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.