The Kennedy Gulch Magnetite Deposit is a iron mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,100 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 39.46778, -105.22333
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Kennedy Gulch Magnetite Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kennedy Gulch Magnetite Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Critchell 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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type: L
Description: Kennedy Gulch Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): PRESUMABLY NE OF KENNEDY GULCH AT 8100-FT ELEV. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS 8100-FT ELEV ON LINE BETWEEN SECS 3 AND 4. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): MAGNETITE OCCURS AS STRINGERS AND BLEBS. PETERSON SAW MAGNETITE AS MAJOR CONSTITUENT IN PEGMATITIC PARTS OF GRANITIC LAYERS IN MIGMATITE
Comment (Workings): UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF CORE DRILLING
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, W.L., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE PLATTE CANYON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1181-C
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC 7918, P. 45.
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