The Canon City Deposit is a iron mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.4, -105.13333
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Canon City Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Canon City Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Florence 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: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Canon City Embayment, Southern Front Range
Type: L
Description: Synclinal Folding
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 54% FE
Materials
Ore: Siderite
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): 6 MILES BELOW CANON CITY ON ARKANSAS RIVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C. M. AND TESCH, W. J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7918, P. 32
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G. R., TAYLOR, R. B., EPIS, R. C., WOBUS, R. A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEG. X 2 DEG. QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000
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