The Talca Gulch Iron Mine is a iron mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,179 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,179 Feet (2,493 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.95722, -105.01889
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Talca Gulch Iron Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Talca Gulch Iron Mine
Secondary: Talcott? Gulch Iron Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: El Paso
District: Green Mountain Falls District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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 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 Uplift, Rampart Range Uplift
Type: L
Description: Ute Pass Fault Zone, Manitou Park Half Graben
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1030.000000+-
Dating Method: Rb-Sr
Age Young: Precambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Ocher
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): HARRER AND TESCH GIVE LOCATION AS APPROX SEC. 10, T13S, R68W, BUT BURGER'S MAP SHOWS A "TALCOTT GULCH" IN SEC. 32,T12S, R68W (WOODLAND PARK QUAD). ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR INTERSECTION OF TALCOTT GULCH AND ORDOVICIAN LIMESTONE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)
Comment (Production): 40 TONS OF HEMATITE AND 20 TONS OF YELLOW OCHER WERE USED AS PAINT PIGMENTS BY COLORADO MIDLAND RAILROAD CO.
References
Reference (Deposit): BURGER, O.K., 1936, REPORT ON THE IRON KING MINE, 3 MILES NORTH OF CASCADE: COLORADO STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 3 P.
Reference (Deposit): WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1977, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WOODLAND PARK QUADRANGLE, TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-842.
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 29.
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