The Del Norte Bog Iron Deposits is a iron mine located in Saguache county, Colorado.
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Mine Info
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Del Norte Bog Iron Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Del Norte Bog Iron Deposits
Secondary: Del Norte Limonite
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Summer Coon Area
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Summer Coon Volcanic Center
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.1 TO 1.0 % TI
Analytical Data: 0.01 TO 0.1 % V, MN
Analytical Data: USBM CHARACTER SAMPLE ASSAYED 47.8 % FE, 0.23 % P, 1.13 % S, 11.8 % SI02, 0.1 % MN, 14.5 % C01. SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS SHOWED 0.001 TO 0.01 % CU, GA, PB, ZR, CR
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Production): UNVERIFIED PRODUCTION SHIPPED TO PUEBLO BEFORE 1880
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: WELL CONSOLIDATED BLACK STAINED BROWN LIMONITE IN NEARLY HORIZONTAL LAYERS IN N60W TRENDING RIDGE
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS OF BOG ORIGIN AND CONTAINS BLACK AND BROWN LIMONITE IN NEARLY HORIZONTAL LAYERS. VARIABLE FE CONTENT DEPENDS ON AMOUNT OF INTERMIXED SAND AND ROCK FRAGMENTS.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SMALL PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. EXAM. FILE
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M, AND TESCH, W.J., JR., RECONNAISSANCE O F IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC 7918, P. 61
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,69
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