Mine detail: Old Bennett Ore Body

Previously called 'Moffat Iron Mine No. 1Major Creek Limonite Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.16584, -105.78891

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Iron, Manganese
Ore:	Limonite
Discovery year:	1956

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Leadville Limestone;Chaffee Group
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift, Cotton Lake Anticline, Gibson Peak Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	DC00797
DEP	10016268
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS MIN. RES. OF U.S., 1908, P. 112}{Deposit:: USBM MIN. EXAM. FILE}{Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM 1C 7918.}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,69}
Reporter	Unknown, Schwochow, Stephen D., Keller, John W.