| Lat / long: | 38.25333, -107.07451 |
| Primary: | Platinum, Titanium, Metal, Niobium (Columbium), Thorium, Copper, Iron, Vermiculite, REE |
| Ore: | Apatite, Columbite, Magnetite, Perovskite, Pyrochlore, Sphene, Thorite, Vermiculite |
| Gangue: | Biotite, Garnet, Ilmenite, Monazite, Pyrite, Rutile, Siderite |
| Orebody form: | FUNNEL SHAPED, PEAR SHAPED IN PLAN VIEW, ORE DISSEMINATED IN PIPE |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Unknown |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host type: | Nepheline Syenite,Pyroxenite,Intrusive Carbonatite |
| Associated rock: | Iron Hill Carbonatite |
| Associated type: | Granite |
| Structure: | Complex Near Southern Margin Of A North-Norhtwest Elongated Area 6 By 20 Mi Containing The Deposits, Concentric Structures Formed By Arcuate Shapes Of Different Rock Types, Cone Sheets Of Carbonatite; Radial Carbonate Dikes; Later Faults And Dikes. |
| Tectonic: | Rocky Mountains |
| Alteration processes: | Fenitization Of Country Rock |
| MRDS | M045346 |
| DEP | 10038072 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: PAGE, N.J, 1972, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA}{Deposit:: NASH, W.P., 1972, MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE IRON HILL CARBONATITE COMPLEXE, COLORADO: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 83, P. 1361-1382.}{Deposit:: TEMPLE, A.K., AND GROGAN, R.M., 1965, CARBONATITE AND RELATED ALKALIC ROCKS AT POWDERHORN, COLORADO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 60, NO. 4, P. 672-692.}{Deposit:: LARSEN, E.S., 1942, ALKALIC ROCKS OF IRON HILL, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 197-A, P. 1-64.} |
| Reporter | Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A. |