Mine detail: Unnamed Iron Ore Mine

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.28611, -107.0859
dep_id: 10014566
mrds_id: D011392
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Titanium, Metal
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Apatite, Biotite, Ilmenite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_type: Pyroxenite
arock_unit: Pyroxenite
arock_type: Pyroxenite
Structure: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Powderhorn Stock
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1885
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1880
References:
  • Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.
  • Deposit:: SINGEWALD, J.T., JR., 1913, CEBOLLA CREEK, IN THE TITANIFEROUS IRON ORES IN THE UNITED STATES, THEIR COMPOSITION AND ECONOMIC VALUE: USBM BULL. 64, P. 135-141.
  • Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 33.
  • Production:: HARRER AND TESCH, 1959, P. 33
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