The Old Ironsides Mine is a iron mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,039 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: 10,039 Feet (3,060 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.17917, -105.74722
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Old Ironsides Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Ironsides Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Orient 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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Cotton Creek Anticline, Gibson Peak Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG UPPER MAJOR CREEK 3.7 MILES ESE FROM VALLEY VIEW HOT SPRINGS . ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 03 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERAL BASED ON PROBABLE SIMILARITY WITH ORIENT MINE AND MAJO R CREEK MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OC CURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 59-67.
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-628
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