The Pewabic-Iron is a mine located in Gilpin county, Colorado.
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Pewabic-Iron MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pewabic-Iron
Secondary: Pewabic
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Gilpin
District: Central City
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1872
Discovery Year: 1871
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Tennantite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Zincite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 2752. DATE REPORT IS 1953. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE CLAIMS WHICH THEN CONTROLLED BY THE ATOMIC ENERGY URANIUM CO., INC., COLO PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT OF URANIUM ORE IN THE PERIOD 1872-19 MINE WAS AN EARLY GOLD PRODUCER WITH DEVELOPED MINE FACILITI THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THOSE FACILITIES WERE IN POOR REPAIR FLOODING AND CAVING. PITCHBLENDE DEPOSITS AT THE 300-FT. LEV THE DEPOSITS UNDER CONSIDERATION THOUGH SMALL AND ERRATIC IN ANCE. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED THAT FURTHER EXPLORATION OF FT. LEVEL WOULD BE JUSTIFIED SHOULD THE APPLICANT ACCEPT A R PROGRAM. IT WAS NOT STATED IF THE APPLICANT ACCEPTED THE PRO INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE CLAIM, LOCATION AND MINE MAP CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ON THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP, CENTRAL CITY.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINE MAP REPO # 407467 AND OTHERSREF: USGS PROF PAPER 223 P
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