Talca Gulch Iron Mine

The Talca Gulch Iron Mine is a iron mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,179 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Talca Gulch Iron Mine
Secondary: Talcott? Gulch Iron Mine

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Colorado
County: El Paso
District: Green Mountain Falls 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: Past Producer
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: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Uplift, Rampart Range Uplift

Type: L
Description: Ute Pass Fault Zone, Manitou Park Half Graben

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1030.000000+-
Dating Method: Rb-Sr
Age Young: Precambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Ocher
Ore: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Location): HARRER AND TESCH GIVE LOCATION AS APPROX SEC. 10, T13S, R68W, BUT BURGER'S MAP SHOWS A "TALCOTT GULCH" IN SEC. 32,T12S, R68W (WOODLAND PARK QUAD). ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR INTERSECTION OF TALCOTT GULCH AND ORDOVICIAN LIMESTONE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Comment (Production): 40 TONS OF HEMATITE AND 20 TONS OF YELLOW OCHER WERE USED AS PAINT PIGMENTS BY COLORADO MIDLAND RAILROAD CO.

References

Reference (Deposit): BURGER, O.K., 1936, REPORT ON THE IRON KING MINE, 3 MILES NORTH OF CASCADE: COLORADO STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., 3 P.

Reference (Deposit): WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1977, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WOODLAND PARK QUADRANGLE, TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-842.

Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 29.

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