Frying Pan Claims

The Frying Pan Claims is a uranium mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,490 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Frying Pan Claims

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Pitkin
District: Frying Pan 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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough

Type: L
Description: Homestake Shear Zone

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1958-60 ORE GRADE WAS 0.14% U3O8

Materials

Ore: Torbernite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IN SILICIFIED BRECCIA IN VEIN OCCUPYING PROBABLE FAULT OR FRACTURE RELATED TO NE-TRENDING HOMESTAKE SHEAR ZONE

Comment (Location): ON SE SIDE OF PORPHYRY MTN IN HEADWATERS OF SPRUCE CREEK. CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SECTIONS 12 AND 13, T 9 S, R 84 W. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR ADIT IN SEC. 7 (UNSURVEYED) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Comment (Production): IN 1958 AND 1960 MINE PRODUCED 62 TONS ORE AT 0.14% U3O8, YIELDING 174 LB U3O8

Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT HEADING GENERALLY NORTH

References

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLO. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 373

Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEADVILLE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-999

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