The Overton-Steele Hollow Iron Deposits is a iron mine located in Pueblo county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.35278, -104.57944
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Overton-Steele Hollow Iron Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Overton-Steele Hollow Iron Deposits
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: Pueblo
District: Pueblo Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Denver Basin, Canon City Embayment, Apishapa Uplift,
Type: L
Description: Pueblo Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration And Oxidation Of Pyrite
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Siderite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT EXTENDS FROM LOWER WEST SLOPE OF BACULITE MESA AND OVERTON TOWNSITE NNW TO STEELE HOLLOW AREA. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS CENTER SEC. 32 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Development): CONCRETIONS WERE HAND PICKED FROM SURFACE AND OUTCROPS AND MIXED WITH OTHER ORES FOR STEEL MANUFACTURE IN PUEBLO
Comment (Deposit): (SEE LAST PAGE)
References
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C. M., AND TESCH, W. J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC 7918, P. 59
Reference (Deposit): GILBERT, G. K., 1897, DESCRIPTION OF THE PUEBLO QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 36
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G. R., 1969, GENERAL AND ENGINEERING GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF PUEBLO, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1262, P. 77-80.
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