Mine detail: Iron Chest Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.91028, -105.9756

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Discovery year:	1947

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Minturn And Belden Formations
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Mosquito Range, South Park Basin, Syncline, Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D010519
DEP	10013947
Reference	{Deposit:: VANDERWILT, J.W., 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: COLORADO MIN ERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 472.}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOG IC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.