The Unnamed Fe Mine is a iron mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,719 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,719 Feet (1,743 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 39.64944, -105.17917
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Unnamed Fe Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Fe Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Morrison Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1885
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
Form: IRREGULAR, NODULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift
Type: L
Description: Golden Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYED SAMPLE BY USBM CONTAINED 22.9% FE, 26.31% SILICA, 2.31% ALUMINA, 3.22% LIME, 8.19% MAGNESIA
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SIDERITE NODULES SCATTERED THROUGH SHALES ALTERED TO LIMONITE AND HEMATITE
Comment (Location): BETWEEN MORRISON AND SODA LAKES AT EAST BASE OF DAKOTA HOGBACK. LAT-LONG AND ELEV GIVEN ARE APPROX CENTER NW SEC. 01. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Development): SMALL PRODUCTION WAS MADE FOR PAINT PIGMENT BUT IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A COMMERCIAL SOURCE OF FE ORE
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND TESCH, W.J., JR., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON OCCURRENCES IN COLORADO: USBM IC-7918, P. 45.
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MORRISON QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-790-A
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