The Paint Iron Mine is a iron mine located in Moffat county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,759 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,759 Feet (2,365 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 40.55833, -108.75611
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Paint Iron Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Paint Iron Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Location
State: Colorado
County: Moffat
District: Douglas Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Uplift, Yampa Plateau
Type: L
Description: Uinta Anticline, Browns Park Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.1 TO 1.0% TI.
Analytical Data: 0.01 TO 0.1% PB, ZN, MN, NI
Analytical Data: USBM CHANNEL SAMPLE OF HEMATITE TAKEN OVER 7.2-FT THICKNESS 10 FT BACK FROM FACE OF ADIT ASSAYED 35% FE, 0.08% P, 0.12% S, 29.8% SILICA, LESS THAN 0.1% MN, 5.1% LOI. SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS SHOWED 0.001 TO 0.01% CU, GA, YB, V, CR
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Ocher
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 50-FT TUNNEL DRIVEN N 65 W
Comment (Deposit): BLUE TO BLACK HEMATITE MIXED WITH LIMONITE AND CONSIDERABLE LOW-GRADE OCHEROUS MATERIAL IN 6- TO 7-FT-THICK SANDSTONE OVERLAIN BY SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE
Comment (Location): ON WEST SIDE OF UNNAMED GULCH SW OF BROMIDE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Development): REPORTEDLY PROSPECTED FOR PAINT PIGMENT. CONSIDERED TOO LOW GRADE AND INACCESSIBLE AS SOURCE OF IRON ORE. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION
References
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C. M., AND TESCH, W. J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 49-51
Reference (Deposit): HANSEN, W. R., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ZENOBIA PEAK QUADRANGLE, MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1408
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