Overton-Steele Hollow Iron Deposits

The Overton-Steele Hollow Iron Deposits is a iron mine located in Pueblo county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,000 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Overton-Steele Hollow Iron Deposits

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Colorado
County: Pueblo
District: Pueblo 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

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Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Denver Basin, Canon City Embayment, Apishapa Uplift,

Type: L
Description: Pueblo Anticline

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration And Oxidation Of Pyrite

Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Siderite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): DEPOSIT EXTENDS FROM LOWER WEST SLOPE OF BACULITE MESA AND OVERTON TOWNSITE NNW TO STEELE HOLLOW AREA. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS CENTER SEC. 32 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Development): CONCRETIONS WERE HAND PICKED FROM SURFACE AND OUTCROPS AND MIXED WITH OTHER ORES FOR STEEL MANUFACTURE IN PUEBLO

Comment (Deposit): (SEE LAST PAGE)

References

Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C. M., AND TESCH, W. J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC 7918, P. 59

Reference (Deposit): GILBERT, G. K., 1897, DESCRIPTION OF THE PUEBLO QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 36

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G. R., 1969, GENERAL AND ENGINEERING GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF PUEBLO, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1262, P. 77-80.

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