The Frying Pan Claims is a uranium mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,490 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 11,490 Feet (3,502 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 39.28333, -106.70500
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Frying Pan Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Frying Pan Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Pitkin
District: Frying Pan District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough
Type: L
Description: Homestake Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1958-60 ORE GRADE WAS 0.14% U3O8
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IN SILICIFIED BRECCIA IN VEIN OCCUPYING PROBABLE FAULT OR FRACTURE RELATED TO NE-TRENDING HOMESTAKE SHEAR ZONE
Comment (Location): ON SE SIDE OF PORPHYRY MTN IN HEADWATERS OF SPRUCE CREEK. CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SECTIONS 12 AND 13, T 9 S, R 84 W. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR ADIT IN SEC. 7 (UNSURVEYED) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Production): IN 1958 AND 1960 MINE PRODUCED 62 TONS ORE AT 0.14% U3O8, YIELDING 174 LB U3O8
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT HEADING GENERALLY NORTH
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLO. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 373
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-999
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