Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsLimonite, Pyrite, Siderite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockShale · Pierre Shale (Rusty Zone)
StructureDenver Basin, Canon City Embayment, Apishapa Uplift,, Pueblo Anticline
Tectonic settingCentral Platform
AlterationAlteration And Oxidation Of Pyrite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10013419
MRDS IDD009701
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.35279, -104.57999
References
HARRER, C. M., AND TESCH, W. J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC 7918, P. 59GILBERT, G. K., 1897, DESCRIPTION OF THE PUEBLO QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 36SCOTT, G. R., 1969, GENERAL AND ENGINEERING GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF PUEBLO, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1262, P. 77-80.