Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlSwamp/Bog Environment That Caused Precipitation Of Fe Oxide From Spring Waters
Geology
Host rockAlluvium · Colluvium;Alluvium
StructureSan Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera, Carson Volcano
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationOxidation Of Fe Sulfide To Limonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1875
Last production1875
Identification
Deposit ID10014696
MRDS IDD011583
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.88862, -107.36174
References
HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 44.LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.LARSEN, E.S., 1911, THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CARSON CAMP, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 470, P. 30-38.