Commodities
TertiaryIron, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFissures
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Leadville Limestone;Chaffee Group
StructureSangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift, Cotton Lake Anticline, Gibson Peak Syncline
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1956
Identification
Deposit ID10016268
MRDS IDDC00797
Alternate namesMoffat Iron Mine No. 1, Major Creek Limonite Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.16584, -105.78891
References
USGS MIN. RES. OF U.S., 1908, P. 112USBM MIN. EXAM. FILEHARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM 1C 7918.CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,69