The Indian Creek Limonite Deposit is a mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,600 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: 9,600 Feet (2,926 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.39778, -106.31889
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Indian Creek Limonite Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Indian Creek Limonite Deposit
Secondary: Claims: Indian Creek Placers 3-7
Secondary: 11
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Marshall Pass 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
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 Range, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Indian Creek Syncline, Indian Creek Anticline, Chester Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.01 TO 0.1% CU, TI, MN, NI.
Analytical Data: USBM CHARACTER SAMPLE CONTAINED 42.6% FE, 0.07% P, 0.43% S, 20.8% SIO2, 0.1% MN. SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS SHOWED 0.001 TO 0.01% GA, PB, ZR, CR
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SMALL REPLACEMENT BODIES IN UPPER KARSTIFIED ZONE OF LEADVILLE LIMESTONE. HARRER AND TESCH ALSO CITE SOME SMALL BOG IRON DEPOSITS, PRESUMABLY IN QUATERNARY ALLUVIUM
Comment (Location): ALONG INDIAN CREEK. HARRER AND TESCH CITE LOCATION IN SECS. 17 AND 18, BUT GEOLOGICAL OCCURRENCE SUGGESTS MORE LIKELY LOCATION ALONG MAIN CREEK IN SEC. 20. PLACER CLAIMS COVER PARTS OF SECS. 16, 17, 20, AND 21 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
References
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC 7918, P. 62
Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., 1977, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF PART OF THE PAHLONE PEAK QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON, SAGUACHE, AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 77-325.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MS 19681
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