Pitkin Iron Mine

The Pitkin Iron Mine is a iron mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 12,008 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Pitkin Iron Mine
Secondary: Cooper's Iron Mountain
Secondary: Taylor's Peak Deposit
Secondary: Cooper Fork Deposit
Secondary: Cooper Fork Quarry

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Colorado
County: Pitkin
District: Columbia 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

Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Pitkin Iron Corp.
Company ID: 500398
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Illinois
Info Year: 1993

Production

Year: 1963
Description: Same
Year: 1962
Description: Same
Year: 1961
Description: Prod. Figures Are For Lt Ore At 65-67%Fe 23893 Ann. Prod. Ore--Long Tons
Year: 1975
Description: Same
Year: 1974
Description: 210856 Same
Year: 1973
Description: 174851 Same
Year: 1972
Description: 137575 Same
Year: 1971
Description: 171413 Same
Year: 1970
Description: 213000 Same
Year: 1969
Description: 225000 Same
Year: 1968
Description: 192000 Same
Year: 1967
Description: 227000 Same
Year: 1966
Description: 151375 Same
Year: 1965
Description: 102098 Same
Year: 1964
Description: 23125 Same
Year: 1979
Description: 86000 Same
Year: 1978
Description: 62915 Same
Year: 1977
Description: 46445 Same
Year: 1976
Description: Same

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Sizing
Year First Production: 1961
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Siderite
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE THICKNESS OF THE OREBODY IS KNOWN TO BE AT LEAST 30.5 METERS, BUT IT MAY BE THICKER.

References

Reference (Deposit): BERRY, J.W., 1968, THE CLIMATE OF COLORADO, IN CLIMATES OF

Reference (Deposit): THE STATES, VOLUME II - WESTERN STATES INCLUDING ALASKA

Reference (Deposit): AND HAWAII: NOAA, EDS., PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., WATER

Reference (Deposit): INFORMATION CENTER, INC., P. 595-613.

Reference (Deposit): BROWN, W.M. AND R.G. REEVES, 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES OF

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PP.93-98.

Reference (Deposit): HARDER, E.C., 1908, THE TAYLOR PEAK AND WHITEPINE IRON-ORE

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 380,

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 394, PAPERS ON THE CONSERVA-

Reference (Deposit): TION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, P. 70-113.

Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1926, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ASPEN

Reference (Deposit): CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PART 1, PP. 188-194.

Reference (Deposit): HAYES, C.W., 1909, IRON ORES OF THE UNITED STATES, U.S.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): HARDER, E.C., 1909, THE TAYLOR PEAK AND WHITEPINE IRON-ORE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DEPOSITS, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 380, P. 188-

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 194.

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 785,

Reference (Deposit): CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PART 1, P.12.

Reference (Deposit): LEITH, C.K., 1905, IRON ORES OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES

Reference (Deposit): AND BRITISH COLUMBIA., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 28

Reference (Deposit): CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PP. 194-200.

Reference (Deposit): STARCH, KARL E., 1978-1979, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF COLORADO

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, PP. 1-17.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1960-1979, CONFIDENTIAL MICROFILMED

Reference (Deposit): PRODUCTION RECORDS - DATA SUPPLIED BY MINE OPERATOR.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BROWN, W.M., AND REEVES, R.G., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES OF

Reference (Reserve-Resource): COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 93-98.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CARR, M.S., AND DUTTON, C.E., 1959, IRON-ORE RESOURCES OF

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING ALASKA AND PUERTO RICO, 1955:

Reference (Reserve-Resource): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1082-C, P. 61-134.

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