Mine detail: Canon City Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

38.40001, -105.1339

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Limonite, Siderite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Vermejo Formation
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Coal
Structure:	Canon City Embayment, Southern Front Range, Synclinal Folding
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	D009894
DEP	10087803
Reference	{Deposit:: HARRER, C. M. AND TESCH, W. J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7918, P. 32}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G. R., TAYLOR, R. B., EPIS, R. C., WOBUS, R. A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG. X 2 DEG. QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.