Mine detail: Eagle Prospect

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Location: Dolores County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.69168, -108.05982
dep_id: 10014121
mrds_id: D010764
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Silver, Copper, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Magnetite
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
ore_ctrl: Favorability Of Limestone For Replacement
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Cutler Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Augite Monzonite;Hornblende Latite Porphyry
arock_type: Monzonite,Latite
Structure: San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 27.
  • Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND RANSOME, F.L., 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 130, P. 15.
  • Deposit:: PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS. MAP GQ-797.
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