Mine detail: Orient Iron Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Anna LeeBeehive, MS 1504Booth, MS 11400Brutus, MS 11400Caesar, MS 11400Cleopatra, MS 11400D.W. JonesEnterprise, MS 1506Ephemeris, MS 11400Flag, MS 1507Grand TowerGrand ViewHamlet, MS 11400IrontonMacbeth, MS 11400Mcclelland, MS 1684Mercutio, MS 11400Nero, MS 11400Othello, MS 11400Poormans, MS 4933Portia, MS 11400Prospector, MS 1505Runaway, MS 1539Security Placer, MS 1903Top Gallant, MS 11400Trilby, MS 11400Valley View, MS 8940Villa GroveVivia B., MS 4988West Virginia'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.20473, -105.81392

Resource(B)

Primary:	Iron
Tertiary:	Copper, Graphite, Manganese
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Limonite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Barite, Calcite, Graphite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	replacement
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1880
Last production ended:	1931

Geology

Host rock:	Leadville Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift, Sangre De Cristo Fault, Steel Canyon Anticline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	DC00818
DEP	10016274
Reference	{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: STONE, J.B., 1934, LIMONITE DEPOSITS AT THE ORIENT MINE, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 29, NO. 4, P. 317-329.}{Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM 1C 7918.}{Deposit:: LITSEY, L:R., 1960, GEOLOGY NEAR ORIENT MINE, SANGRE DE CRIST0 MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, IN WEIMER, R.J., AND HAUN, J.D., EDS., GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGY OF COLORADO: RMAG, GSA, AND CSS, P. 129-131.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS}{Production:: PRODUCTION TONNAGES AND ORE GRADES (PARTIAL RECORD) FROM COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS. CUMULATIVE ESTIMATE FROM HARRER AND TESCH (1959)}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D., Unknown