Indian Creek Limonite Deposit

The Indian Creek Limonite Deposit is a mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,600 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: Indian Creek Limonite Deposit  

State:  Colorado

County:  Saguache

Elevation: 9,600 Feet (2,926 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.39778, -106.31889

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Indian Creek Limonite Deposit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Indian Creek Limonite Deposit
Secondary: Claims: Indian Creek Placers 3-7
Secondary: 11


Commodity

Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese


Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Marshall Pass 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
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 Range, San Juan Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Indian Creek Syncline, Indian Creek Anticline, Chester Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.01 TO 0.1% CU, TI, MN, NI.
Analytical Data: USBM CHARACTER SAMPLE CONTAINED 42.6% FE, 0.07% P, 0.43% S, 20.8% SIO2, 0.1% MN. SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS SHOWED 0.001 TO 0.01% GA, PB, ZR, CR


Materials

Ore: Limonite
Ore: Hematite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): SMALL REPLACEMENT BODIES IN UPPER KARSTIFIED ZONE OF LEADVILLE LIMESTONE. HARRER AND TESCH ALSO CITE SOME SMALL BOG IRON DEPOSITS, PRESUMABLY IN QUATERNARY ALLUVIUM

Comment (Location): ALONG INDIAN CREEK. HARRER AND TESCH CITE LOCATION IN SECS. 17 AND 18, BUT GEOLOGICAL OCCURRENCE SUGGESTS MORE LIKELY LOCATION ALONG MAIN CREEK IN SEC. 20. PLACER CLAIMS COVER PARTS OF SECS. 16, 17, 20, AND 21 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976


References

Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC 7918, P. 62

Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., 1977, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF PART OF THE PAHLONE PEAK QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON, SAGUACHE, AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 77-325.

Reference (Deposit): BLM MS 19681


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