Ironclad

The Ironclad is a copper mine located in Dolores county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,701 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Ironclad

State: Colorado

County: Dolores

Elevation: 8,701 Feet (2,652 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Copper

Lat, Long: 37.6872, -108.03560

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Ironclad MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ironclad
Secondary: San Juan National Forest

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Dolores
District: Pioneer/Rico

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed

Holdings

Type: Federal Lease

Workings

Ownership

Owner Name: Jones, Davis, Hancock, Sitton, And Hannigan
Company ID: 502784
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1989

Production

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands

Mineral Deposit Model

Orebody

Structure

Alterations

Rocks

Analytical Data

Materials

Comments

Comment Type:
Workings

Comment: LOCKED + CAVED ADITS IN 1989, ABOUT 213,975 CU FT OF DUMP MATERIAL, SAMPLE # 449-450.

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: OWN/OP: MYRON JONES 1976
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 2-92