Boss Lake

The Boss Lake is a iron mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado.

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: Boss Lake

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Colorado
County: Chaffee

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT OR IN AN IRREGULAR VEIN

Comment (Production): PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION WAS SOLD, FEW TONS OF MAGNETITE ARE STOCKPILED ON PROPERTY

References

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. EXAM. FILE

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