Mine detail: South Rock Creek area

Previously called 'Alder limonite deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.38473, -105.99809

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:bog iron
Host type:Chemical Sediment
Structure:Sangre de Cristo Fault
Alteration processes:bog iron

References

DEP10311032
Reference{Deposit:: Harber, C.M., and Tesch, W.J., Jr., 1959, Reconnaissance of iron occurrences in Colorado, U.S. Bureau of Mines Information circular 7918, 82 p.}{Names:: Ellis, C.E., Hannigan, B.J., and Thompson, J.R., 1983, Mineral investigation of the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Study Area, Alamosa, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, and Saguache Counties, Colorado, U.S. Bureau of Mines MLA 65-83, 190 p.}
ReporterKeller, John W.