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Old Bennett Ore Body Occurrence (Major Creek Limonite Mine; Moffat Iron Mine No. 1), Blake Mining District (Mirage Mining District; Cotton Creek Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 9' 57'' North , 105° 47' 18'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Crestone | 139 (2017) | 20.4km |
| Moffat | 116 (2011) | 21.4km |
| Coaldale | 255 (2011) | 22.4km |
| Westcliffe | 577 (2017) | 28.4km |
| Silver Cliff | 591 (2017) | 30.1km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Columbine Gem and Mineral Society | Salida, Colorado | 45km |
REF:Deposit:: USGS MIN. RES. OF U.S., 1908, P. 112
Deposit:: USBM MIN. EXAM. FILE
Deposit:: HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM 1C 7918.
Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,69
Commodities (Major) - Iron; (Trace) - Iron, Manganese
Deposit Type: Replacement
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Chaffee Group, Intrusive Rocks Emplaced During Period Of Early Intermediate Eruptions
Structure: Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift, Cotton Lake Anticline, Gibson Peak Syncline
Host Rock: Limestone
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
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Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Unclassified | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Great Plains DomainDomain
- Southern Rocky MountainsOrogenic Belt
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