Mine detail: Badger Creek Iron Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

38.86667, -105.61726

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Hematite, Magnetite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Metagabbro
Host type:	Gabbro,Mafic Metamorphic Rock
Structure:	Mosquito Range, Sangre De Cristo Range, Badger Creek Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	D009895
DEP	10090924
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.