Mine detail: Green Mountain Falls District

Previously called 'Ophir, MS 17259Gold Standard, MS 17259Gold Standard No. 2King Solomon, MS 17259Cristobel Canon, MS 17259Crescent, MS 17259Ajax, MS 17259Hercules, MS 17259Atlas, MS 17259Marie Antoinette, MS 17259Richeleau, MS 17259Iron Mask, MS 17259Ute, MS 17515Rampart No. 1Claims: Sheba, MS 17259'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.94111, -104.99029

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron, Manganese
Tertiary:	Gold, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Ocher, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Wad
Discovery year:	1904

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1958

Geology

Host rock:	Pikes Peak Granite;Manitou Limestone
Host type:	Limestone,Granite
Associated rock:	Pikes Peak Granite;Windy Point Granite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Rampart Range Uplift, Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben, Rampart Range Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010373
DEP	10013847
Reference	{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.}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-482.}{Deposit:: WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1977, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WOODLAND PARK QUADRANGLE, TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-842.}{Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 29.}{Deposit:: Dunn, L.G., 2003, Colorado Mining Districts--A Reference: Golden, Colo., Colorado School of Mines Library, p. 99.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.