Mine detail: Iron Hill Columbium Deposit

Previously called 'PowderhornBig Iron HillCebolla Creek'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.2603, -107.05562

Resource(B)

Primary:	Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Mica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Titanium
Other material:	Ankerite, Apatite, Fluorite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Mica, Monazite, Pyrite, Pyrochlore, Rutile, Zircon
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

References

MRDS	M045346
MAS	80510276
DEP	10142743
Reference	{Deposit:: THOMPSON, JAMES V. MINING HISTORY OF POWDERHORN,}{Deposit:: (UNPUBLISHED REPORT), 1980, 7 PP.}{Geology:: TEMPLE, A. K., AND R. M. GROGAN. CARBONATITE AND RELATED}{Geology:: ALKALIC ROCKS AT POWDERHORN, COLORADO, ECON. GEOL., V. 60,}{Geology:: 1965, PP. 672-692.}{Reserve-Resource:: GROGAN, R. M. COLUMBIUM AT POWDERHORN, COLORADO, MINES MAG,}{Reserve-Resource:: SEPT. 1960, P. 15, 16, 27.}{Reserve-Resource:: THOMPSON, J. V. TITANIUM RESOURCE IN COLORADO EQUALS ALL}{Reserve-Resource:: OTHER US DEPOSITS. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL,}{Reserve-Resource:: JUL 1987, P. 28.}
Reporter	Hite, Alan G.