The Iron Dollar Gulch Deposit is a iron mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.33333, -105.68333
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Iron Dollar Gulch Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Dollar Gulch Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: L
Description: Nnw-Trending Faults, Nne-Trending Faults
Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hematite
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Too small to be commercial; poorly exposed (Harper and Tesch, 1959).
Comment (Commodity): Hematite ore.
Comment (Location): IN UPPER REACHES OF BEAVER CREEK 2.1 MILES SW OF COAL CREEK STORE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER NW SW SEC. 17. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Location): Located in approximate secs. 7-18, T. 47 N., R. 12 E.
References
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M. AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7918, P. 31
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500
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