The Iron Springs Mine is a gold mine located in Moffat county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,939 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: 6,939 Feet (2,115 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.735, -107.79917
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Iron Springs Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Springs Mine
Secondary: Iron Springs Drift Mine
Secondary: Iron Springs Bar
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Moffat
District: Lay 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
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1887
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Washakie Basin
Type: L
Description: Washakie Basin
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Deposit): (SEE LAST PAGE)
Comment (Workings): SURFACE WORKINGS AND SEVERAL CAVED DRIFTS AND TUNNELS
Comment (Location): ON TRIBUTARY OF LAY CREEK 0.6 MILE NW OF IRON SPRINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)
References
Reference (Deposit): FLECK, HERMAN, AND HALDANE, W. G., 1907, A STUDY OF THE URANIUM AND VANADIUM BELTS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO: COLORADO DIV. MINES BIENN. REPT., 1905-06, P. 120-121.
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CRAIG 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-972
Reference (Deposit): GALE, H. S., 1908, GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS NEAR LAY, ROUTT COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 340, P. 84-95.
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B. H., JR., 1974, THE PLACERS OF MOFFAT COUNTY, IN GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 150-168.
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