Old Ironsides Mine

The Old Ironsides Mine is a iron mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,039 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Old Ironsides Mine

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Orient 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
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift

Type: L
Description: Cotton Creek Anticline, Gibson Peak Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): ALONG UPPER MAJOR CREEK 3.7 MILES ESE FROM VALLEY VIEW HOT SPRINGS . ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 03 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERAL BASED ON PROBABLE SIMILARITY WITH ORIENT MINE AND MAJO R CREEK MINE

References

Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OC CURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 59-67.

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-628

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