Kerber Creek Limonite Deposit

The Kerber Creek Limonite Deposit is a mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,599 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

Name: Kerber Creek Limonite Deposit  

State:  Colorado

County:  Saguache

Elevation: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.21806, -106.08306

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Kerber Creek Limonite Deposit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Kerber Creek Limonite Deposit
Secondary: Kerber Creek Bog Iron Deposit


Commodity

Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese


Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Bonanza (Kerber Creek) District


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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Form: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift

Type: L
Description: Kerber And Noland Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Iron Minerals


Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.1 TO 1.0% TI, MN.
Analytical Data: 0.01 TO 0.1% PB, CO, NI
Analytical Data: USBM SAMPLE OF BETTER MATERIAL RAN 24.2% FE, 0.11% P, 0.34% S, 48.6% SIO2, 0.4% MN, 6.8% LOI. SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS SHOWED 0.001 TO 0.01% CU, GA, ZR, CR, MO


Materials

Ore: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Commodity): REPORTEDLY TOO LOW GRADE TO BE COMMERCIAL

Comment (Location): ALONG KERBER CREEK AND ROAD TO BONANZA. LAT-LONG IS COMMON CORNER OF SECTIONS LISTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Deposit): YELLOW AND REDDISH-BROWN LIMONITE CEMENTS SAND AND GRAVEL AND FORMS A BRECCIA WITH ANGULAR LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS. THE LIMESTONE IS DERIVED FROM PALEOZOIC FMS EXPOSED AROUND THE EDGE OF THE VOLCANIC FIELD. ALTHOUGH SKETCHY, THE DEPOSIT DESCRIBED APPEARS TO BE OLDER QUATERNARY ALLUVIAL OR TERRACE DEPOSITS AND COLLUVIUM.


References

Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: US BUR MINES INF CIRC 7918, P. 62


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