Mine detail: Talca Gulch Iron Mine

Previously called 'Talcott? Gulch Iron Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.95722, -105.01946

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite, Ocher

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSD010380
DEP10013852
Reference{Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 29.}{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:: BURGER, O.K., 1936, REPORT ON THE IRON KING MINE, 3 MILES NORTH OF CASCADE: COLORADO STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 3 P.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.