Mine detail: Wager Gulch Limonite Deposit

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Location: Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.88862, -107.36174
dep_id: 10014696
mrds_id: D011583
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite
alteration: Oxidation Of Fe Sulfide To Limonite
ore_ctrl: Swamp/Bog Environment That Caused Precipitation Of Fe Oxide From Spring Waters
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Colluvium;Alluvium
hrock_type: Alluvium
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Carson Volcano
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Year first produced: 1875
yr_lst_prd: 1875
References:
  • Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 44.
  • Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.
  • Deposit:: LARSEN, E.S., 1911, THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CARSON CAMP, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 470, P. 30-38.
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