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Iron Mountain (Sangre de Cristo Range)

mountain in the Sangre de Cristo Range in Colorado, United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ14684644 ↗
Source-derived summary

Iron Mountain is a prominent mountain summit in the southern Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,416-foot (3,480 m) peak is located 3.9 miles (6.2 km) west-northwest (bearing 296°) of the North La Veta Pass, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Costilla and Huerfano counties.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Iron Mountain (Sangre de Cristo Range)” as mountain in the Sangre de Cristo Range in Colorado, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Iron, Mountain and Sangre.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 53-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Iron, Mountain and Sangre providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Iron Mountain (Sangre de Cristo Range)”, the useful work is to connect “mountain in the Sangre de Cristo Range in Colorado, United States” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14684644. Authority coordinates are 37.638, -105.254. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Iron Mountain (Sangre de Cristo Range)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.