The Kerber Creek Limonite Deposit is a mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,599 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: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.21806, -106.08306
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Kerber Creek Limonite Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kerber Creek Limonite Deposit
Secondary: Kerber Creek Bog Iron Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Bonanza (Kerber Creek) District
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
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
Form: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Kerber And Noland Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Iron Minerals
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.1 TO 1.0% TI, MN.
Analytical Data: 0.01 TO 0.1% PB, CO, NI
Analytical Data: USBM SAMPLE OF BETTER MATERIAL RAN 24.2% FE, 0.11% P, 0.34% S, 48.6% SIO2, 0.4% MN, 6.8% LOI. SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS SHOWED 0.001 TO 0.01% CU, GA, ZR, CR, MO
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): REPORTEDLY TOO LOW GRADE TO BE COMMERCIAL
Comment (Location): ALONG KERBER CREEK AND ROAD TO BONANZA. LAT-LONG IS COMMON CORNER OF SECTIONS LISTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Deposit): YELLOW AND REDDISH-BROWN LIMONITE CEMENTS SAND AND GRAVEL AND FORMS A BRECCIA WITH ANGULAR LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS. THE LIMESTONE IS DERIVED FROM PALEOZOIC FMS EXPOSED AROUND THE EDGE OF THE VOLCANIC FIELD. ALTHOUGH SKETCHY, THE DEPOSIT DESCRIBED APPEARS TO BE OLDER QUATERNARY ALLUVIAL OR TERRACE DEPOSITS AND COLLUVIUM.
References
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: US BUR MINES INF CIRC 7918, P. 62
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