Mine detail: Old Ironsides Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.17918, -105.7478

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Limonite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Minturn Formation;Belden Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift, Cotton Creek Anticline, Gibson Peak Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010581
DEP	10013992
Reference	{Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OC CURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 59-67.}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-628}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.