| Location: | Montezuma, La Plata County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.46029, -108.03482 |
| dep_id: | 10014170 |
| mrds_id: | D010827 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Iron |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Replacement |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Magnetite |
| gangue: | Augite, Epidote, Garnet, Hematite, Limonite, Martite, Pyrite |
| model: | 72: Polymetallic replacement |
| alteration: | Fe Oxidation |
| ore_ctrl: | Favorability Of Limestone For Chemical Replacement |
| Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
| hrock_unit: | Pony Express Limestone Member Of Wanakah Formation |
| hrock_type: | Limestone |
| arock_unit: | Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry |
| arock_type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome, Unnamed Fault |
| 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. 51.
- Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219.
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