Mine detail: Unnamed Iron Ore Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.28611, -107.0859

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Gangue: Apatite, Biotite, Ilmenite
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1885
Last production ended: 1885

Geology

Host type:Pyroxenite
Associated rock:Pyroxenite
Associated type:Pyroxenite
Structure:Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Powderhorn Stock
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD011392
DEP10014566
Reference{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}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.