Mine detail: Wahl Iron Mine

Previously called 'Black PitSchweigert MineClaims: Hudson BayIron ContactSouth ContactSilver IronDakotaBoss'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.17112, -105.45613

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Secondary:	Manganese
Ore:	Hematite, Limonite, Psilomelane, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Silver Cliff Rhyolite Undivided, Undivided Gneiss
Host type:	Rhyolite,Gneiss
Structure:	Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley, Near Ring Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Ferruginous Zone

References

MRDS	D007871
DEP	10101721
Reference	{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT. 2, 263-403.}{Deposit:: FIELDMAN, D.W. AND CROWLEY, F.P., 1980, SILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SILVER CLIFF CALDERA, IN SILVER CLIFF VOLCANIC CENTER AND TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DEPOSITS: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 1-14.}{Deposit:: SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081.}{Deposit:: HARRER, C.M. AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7918}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.