Pewabic-Iron

The Pewabic-Iron is a mine located in Gilpin county, Colorado.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Pewabic-Iron  

State:  Colorado

County:  Gilpin

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 39.77667, -105.53083

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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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